86: February 7, 2016: Au Courant Weekly
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
Shannon Ables
4.7 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2016
⏱️ 18 minutes
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The latest news and world events along with a dash of inspiration and a brush up on French language and culture. Tune in to become up-to-date in fewer than fifteen minutes each Sunday morning.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the simple Sophisticus weekend edition Aukuron Weekly. |
| 0:16.0 | I'm your host Shannon Ables and part of living well is being in the know. |
| 0:20.5 | Whether it's being knowledgeable of news from around the world or informed of goings |
| 0:24.9 | on right in your own community, because it's not what you think, it's that you think. |
| 0:30.4 | All of the information shared in each week's All-Corant Weekly will enable you to go forth into the weekend |
| 0:36.0 | ready for either an engaging conversation or being mindful of the most recent current events. |
| 0:41.6 | From that point it is your job to formulate your very own |
| 0:44.8 | opinion. So thank you for joining me and in fewer than 15 minutes I will have you |
| 0:50.6 | a kurra. Let's get started. |
| 0:54.0 | Good morning and welcome to the 86th episode of the simple |
| 1:04.8 | Sophisticate this Sunday morning a currant we are looking at February 7th |
| 1:09.9 | 2016 and a lot has happened here in the United States but a lot has been going on around the world and I want to get right into it because we have a lot to get to in fewer than 15 minutes. Here we go. At the end of |
| 1:25.1 | January we're talking international news here at the end of January Austria |
| 1:29.3 | announced a stricter policy regarding refugees seeking asylum. |
| 1:33.0 | Over the next three years more than 50,000 refugees will be repatriated to other safe countries in order to leave Austria. |
| 1:40.0 | Along with Sweden and Germany, quote, |
| 1:43.0 | Austria has received the largest number of refugee applications |
| 1:46.4 | per capita of population, as reported by the international press. |
| 1:51.0 | In Lesbos, a Greek island that is often the first stop for refugees fleeing |
| 1:55.4 | Syria, this island has become a haven of sanctuary and the local residents are |
| 2:01.0 | bearing the brunt. As CNN news reports the arrivals of refugees is unrelenting even as the frigid winter water |
| 2:08.2 | temperatures make it dangerous to travel. |
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