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?Hard as it may be, we have to be prepared to use all the tools in our toolbox to prevent war crimes and crimes against humanity and advance the causes of universal human rights and development.? ?She felt deeply that the UK had a duty to stand up for civilians threatened by war and genocide,? he said. ?Nothing is more important than the responsibility of each state to protect their populations from genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing, and the responsibility of the international community to act if a state is unwilling or unable to do so,? he said. The report, which was finished by Cox?s colleague and fellow MP Alison McGovern and Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat, makes the case that doing nothing can have a greater cost than intervention. ?Last week I was clearing some of Jo?s things and found the first draft of the report that she had scribbled all over.

In their last grand slam duel, in the 2015 US Open semifinals, Federer pummeled Wawrinka in 90 minutes. Roger Federer became the oldest men`s semifinalist at the Australian Open in 39 years, hours after Venus Williams became the oldest women`s semifinalist in Melbourne in the Open Era. With second seed Serena Williams, 35, the favorite in the women`s draw, the three thirtysomethings -- make that mid-thirtysomethings -- are thriving at Melbourne Park. Hide Caption 5 of 7 Photos: Tennis greats roll back the years at Melbourne Park Federer, ranked world No. Competing in his first grand slam quarterfinal, Zverev -- who was ranked outside the top 1,000 in 2015 as he recovered from wrist surgery -- had no time to settle.

Relations between China and the United States will inevitably deteriorate with Mr. Trump at the helm. On the bilateral front, a trade war between China and the United States seems likely under Mr. Trump. China is also poised to take a leading role in environmental policy, given Mr. Trump?s hostility toward climate agreements. And as much as Mr. Trump would like to freeze the forces of free trade, the world will keep globalizing. China has a chance to become a full-fledged superpower if it responds to the Trump presidency by opening up more to the world economically and politically.

We hope their journals and dispatches ? conversational and visual on-the-ground reports ? gave you a welcome break from the news. Our foreign correspondents wrote about dozens of captivating people and places in 2016, from pirates in the Amazon to tourists in the nomad lands of Tibet to transgender goddesses in India. Here are some of the year?s highlights.

China has reported over 225 human cases since September, an unusually high number. PhotoAfter a spate of deaths from bird flu among patients in China, the World Health Organization has warned all countries to watch for outbreaks in poultry flocks and to promptly report any human cases. Several strains of avian flu are spreading in Europe and Asia this winter, but the most worrisome at present is an H7N9 strain that has circulated in China every winter since 2013. ?All countries must detect and report human cases promptly,? she said. The nation?s Lunar New Year vacation starts soon, and as it does, live poultry shipments increase, and holiday travelers often spread the flu.

Over the last two years, these trade deficits have taken an entire percentage point out of America`s sluggish economic growth. With its systematic half-a-trillion dollars of quasi structural trade deficits, the U.S. accounts for 40 percent of the world`s total (trade deficits) and bears the brunt of what some would call beggar-thy-neighbor trade policies. These countries account for 40 percent of world GDP, but their combined trade surpluses of $1 trillion represent about 80 percent of the world`s total. Germany is currently running the world`s largest trade surplus of $300 billion. In other words, nearly half of the world economy is a drag on the rest of the global demand, output and employment.

"Both President Trump and President Putin are hopeful that after today`s call the two sides can move quickly to tackle terrorism and other important issues of mutual concern. Neither the White House nor the Kremlin mentioned a discussion of sanctions in their statements about the roughly hour-long call. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks by phone with Russia`s President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 28, 2017. A White House statement said he and Merkel agreed NATO must be capable of confronting "21rst century threats. "The positive call was a significant start to improving the relationship between the United States and Russia that is in need of repair," the White House said.

U.S. President Donald Trump`s approach to trade issues could trigger retaliation in other countries and harm global economic growth, European Central Bank policy maker Ignazio Visco said on Saturday. "The U.S. administration`s declared intention of slowing down or reversing trade liberalization processes, and the steps it has already taken in this direction, risk triggering tit-for-tat measures in other countries, with negative repercussions for world growth," Visco, who sits on the ECB Governing Council, told a financial conference.

But this resort is beyond the imagining of most of the North Korea`s dirt-poor people. The International Olympic Committee received no bid from North Korea to host the Winter Games and even if they had, it would have been beyond the North`s capabilities. Only four slopes were open when NBC News visited, but that had more to do with the blizzard than anything else. A full ski outfit with gear costs several months worth of wages for even the most affluent local customer. Chairlifts take parties of excited schoolchildren from chalets and the resort`s main hotel ? which offers first, second or third-class rooms.

10:26Trump is facing mounting criticism for his ban on all Syrian refugees entering the US and a halt on arrivals from a string of mostly Muslim countries, Guardian staff report. The Council on American-Islamic Relations announced it would be filing a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the order ?because its apparent purpose and underlying motive is to ban people of the Islamic faith from Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States?. Chuck Schumer, Democratic leader in the Senate, said:Tears are running down the cheeks of the Statue of Liberty tonight as a grand tradition of America, welcoming immigrants, that has existed since America was founded, has been stomped upon. The US president?s executive order, named Protection of the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States, places a 90-day block on entry to the US from citizens from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia.

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Joking that "opposites attract," Prime Minister Theresa May called on President Donald Trump on Thursday to renew the "special relationship" between Britain and the United States and lead in a new, changed world. The days of Britain and America intervening in sovereign countries in an attempt to remake the world in our own image are over. In the United States for what will be Trump`s first meeting with a foreign leader since he took office last week, May signaled a shift in foreign policy, bringing her position more in line with that of Trump. "So we - our two countries together - have a responsibility to lead. She urged the two countries and their leaders to stand united and confront new challenges, including the rise of economies in Asia that people fear could "eclipse the West," the threat of Islamic extremism and a resurgent Russia.

Businessmen have been ?treating the world like a playground,? Mr. Taylor said. The resemblance to Mr. Trump was accidental, he said, since the statues were cast from residents or visitors to the island. Snorkelers can also get access, but they have limited visibility because the statues are so far below the surface. The Museo Atl?ntico opened officially on Jan. 10, and already feather worms and sponge are starting to cover the statues. Another installation is a 1