UN says 120,000 suspected cases of cholera in Yemen
8/30/2018, 5:52:55 PMUNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says nearly 120,000 suspected cases of cholera were reported in conflict-wracked Yemen between January and mid-August and the pace has bee ✔ spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters Thursday that although the 120,000 figure is lower than during the same period in 2017, the increasing rate of infections over recent weeks is raising concerns of a possible third wave of the epidemic, with the current rains increasing the risk ✔ He said the outbreak is the most serious on record, and the U.N.'s humanitarian partners have vaccinated nearly 400,000 people against cholera in high-risk districts of Hodeida and Ibb to avoid a large-scale resurgence
China claims Trump ‘distorting the facts’ on North Korea influence
8/30/2018, 5:53:56 PMChina pushed back Thursday against President Trump’s allegation that Beijing is playing the spoiler role in North Korea to gain more leverage in bare-knuckle trade talks with Washington. ✔ Recent months have seen both sides level billions in tariffs on goods moving between the two nations amid fears of an all-out U.S.-China trade war ✔ But Washington should realize that it is impossible for China to do what it used to when the U.S. acts peremptorily against China on trade issues
North Korea: Incredible images reveal what it's REALLY like in the secretive state
8/30/2018, 6:25:22 PMNORTH KOREA is normally shrouded in mystery, with Western society only permitted a carefully curated view of the secretive country, but thanks to an amazing selection of new photographs, another side to North Korea and the people who live there has been unveiled. ✔ The woman is lying face down while a man stands astride her, his hands on her upper back ✔ Although major hostilities ceased with the signing of the Armistice in 1953, the two Koreas have remained technically at war and the demilitarised zone along the border continues to be the most fortified border in the world ✔ All tourist visa applications that are underway until 9 September were frozen tour company Kyoryo Tours revealed
A deadly storm is coming in Syria
8/30/2018, 4:30:08 PMAn abundance of other things going on, especially in the US, is clouding the view on what is about to happen in Syria, CNN's Nic Robertson says. ✔ They weren't safe: They were simply stacked into a sequential series of offensives to be carried out whenever convenient for Assad ✔ But bottom line: An abundance of other stuff going on is clouding the view on a deadly storm in Syria about to be unleashed on its civilians
The Latest: President says Turkey in talks on Idlib
8/30/2018, 6:11:09 PMMOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local): 8:55 p.m. Turkey's president says his country is engaged in talks with Iran and Russ ✔ Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke Thursday a day after meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and ahead of a planned meeting between the Turkish, Russian and Iranian leaders next month ✔ The battle for Aleppo razed half of the city and displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians from their homes, many of whom have not been able to return
Russia and Syria vow to 'wipe out terrorists' in Idlib
8/30/2018, 6:45:00 PMHumanitarian fears grow as Russian and Syrian FMs signal all-out attack on last rebel-held stronghold is imminent. ✔ Both ministers warned against any act of aggression from western countries, particularly from the United States, citing staged chemical attacks by provocateurs such as the Syrian civil defence group the White Helmets being used as a pretext for such assaults
There'll be no end to the war between Russia and Ukraine while it suits their political elites to keep fighting
8/30/2018, 7:54:53 PMThese two states, completely privatised by enormously powerful politicians, do not behave with the logic of established, uncorrupted democracies
A news cameraman was shot to death in Cancun — the eighth Mexican journalist slain this year
8/30/2018, 4:58:03 PMNews cameraman Javier Rodriguez Valladeres was shot and killed Wednesday night in Cancun, the eighth Mexican journalist slain this year. ✔ Last month, Ruben Pat, the news director of the online site Semanario Playa News, was shot to death in Playa del Carmen, about 40 miles south of Cancun ✔ Mexican authorities have emphasized that the region’s rising violence has occurred far from the hotels and other popular tourist destinations that line Quintana Roo’s coastline
US-led coalition admits 1,061 civilians killed in Iraq & Syria strikes in latest death toll
8/30/2018, 5:48:10 PMNew figures released by the US-led coalition bombing Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria say that at least 1,061 civilians have been killed. This is still several times lower than data collected by rights groups. ✔ Civilian harm claims against the Coalition are majorly down on last year ✔ Even so, Airwars assesses that between 75 and 119 non combatants likely died in Coalition actions in July, as the last ISIS pockets in Syria were targeted ✔ Subscribe to RT newsletter to get stories the mainstream media won’t tell you
Father of two jihadis killed in Syria is jailed for 18 months
8/30/2018, 5:26:33 PMAbubaker Deghayes, 50, a former leader of the al-Quds Mosque in Brighton was found guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice at Blackfriars Crown Court in London. ✔ The drugs, cocaine, ketamine, MDMA and amphetamines had a street value of just over £2000 ✔ 'You have refused to stand with the court opening and closing ✔ 'There is no reason for him to want to kill me to be honest ✔ I am very cowardly when it comes to dealing with such things.'
A final Syrian showdown looms. Millions of lives are at risk. Here are the stakes.
8/30/2018, 7:04:39 PMU.N. envoy Staffan di Mistura warned that the people of Idlib province are facing the prospect of a “perfect storm.” ✔ It was unclear exactly where those routes could lead, however ✔ Senior U.S. officials warned both governments Tuesday against using chemical weapons in any forthcoming offensive ✔ State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters in Washington that the United States would respond to any verified chemical weapons use in Idlib or elsewhere in Syria
DRC rebel tells ICC he's a revolutionary, not the 'terminator'
8/30/2018, 7:07:38 PMBosco Ntaganda faces 18 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for acts allegedly committed in 2002-2003. ✔ Ntaganda took measures to prevent crimes and punish perpetrators, said Stephane Bourgon, his lawyer ✔ He was first indicted in 2006 and surrendered at the US embassy in neighbouring Rwanda in 2013, asking to be turned over to the ICC after apparently having fled DRC due to infighting among rebel groups
Why Donald Trump’s trade war with China is sure to fail
8/30/2018, 5:12:49 PMThe woes and risks of Donald Trump’s ill-advised trade war are fast becoming a reality, endorsed even by the corporate media. ✔ And for Chinese businesses and consumers, a weaker yuan makes imports of American goods even more expensiveamplifying the impact of China’s retaliatory tariffs ✔ However, overstating the effects of this strategy and empowering Trump’s hawkish position, while assuming that China does not have some dangerous tricks of its own up its sleeve as well as a backup plan, will have an equally adverse effect on the United States somewhere down the track
Sensing threats from the West, Russia prepares to flex its military muscle
8/30/2018, 6:02:45 PMRussia this week announced the upcoming launch of its largest military exercises since the end of the Cold War, involving some 300,000 troops. The message seems clear: Russia feels under threat and will do what it must to protect itself. ✔ Shortfalls in C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) were sorely felt, as was the limited ability of the land and air forces to operate together, and the lack of precision weapons ✔ While the transatlantic NATO alliance remains important, he said, the EU needs to boost its own defence capabilities
Iran Continues to Comply With Nuclear Deal, U.N. Atomic Agency Says
8/30/2018, 4:01:51 PMA confidential report from the International Atomic Energy Agency confirms the country’s compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal. The report comes as tensions between Iran and the West have sharpened. ✔ Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addressed the country’s economic problems with parliament this week ✔ Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium rose to 139 kilograms from 124 kilograms in May, but remained well within the 202-kilogram limit ✔ Under the 2015 agreement, most international sanctions on Iran were lifted in exchange for tight but temporary restrictions on Iran’s program
Trump White House to send ISIS 'Beatles' who to Guantanamo
8/30/2018, 5:26:44 PMAccording to US officials cited by NBC on Thursday, the two remaining 'Beatles' - Alexandar Amon Kotey (pictured) and El Shafee Elsheikh - would be sent to Guantanamo Bay. ✔ The knife-wielding killer - dubbed 'Jihadi John' - beheaded hostages, including British aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning, on camera ✔ When police raided his wife's home, Davis's iPod revealed he used to listen to lectures by radical American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki
Review | The blandly reassuring ‘Jack Ryan’ gets better when there’s less Jack Ryan in it
8/30/2018, 5:41:33 PMJohn Krasinski stumbles in the role of Tom Clancy’s CIA analyst turned action hero. ✔ While chatting up an attractive epidemiologist, Cathy Mueller (Abbie Cornish), at an outdoor party of Washington swells, Ryan is plucked away by a helicopter; when he returns from that mission and asks her out on a proper date, she’s already done her research on him
British tourist, 51, dead in River Kwai after row with Thai girlfriend
8/30/2018, 4:27:57 PMRobert Lyttle, 51, from Belfast, had been visiting Kanchanaburi, where Allied POWs built the infamous Burma Railway during WWII, with his partner Supapansa Pornkhunthod, 35. ✔ Officers arrived and pulled the corpse from the water before it was identified as the missing man ✔ While building the bridge under horrific conditions, they secretly plot to blow up the construction ✔ While the World War II epic is set in Thailand, which was then controlled by Japan, it was mostly filmed Sri Lanka between 1956 and 1957
UN warns of threat to Syrian civilians
8/30/2018, 4:21:24 PMFear grows for people in rebel-held parts of Idlib ahead of what may be one of the war's last major battles. ✔ The UN is desperate to avoid the deaths of civilians seen recently in other parts of Syria like Aleppo, Raqqa or the Eastern Ghouta, and its diplomats are pleading with those fighting to show restraint ✔ Any offensive on Idlib could raise tensions with with Russia and Iran, another ally of the Syrian government
Gun violence has killed 6.5m people worldwide since 1990
8/30/2018, 7:38:55 PMThree-quarters of gun deaths occur in just 15 countries ✔ While India is reckoned to have suffered 26,000 gun deaths in 2016, its firearm death rate, at 2.6 per 100,000 people, is 25% lower than the global average ✔ Overall, per head of population, firearm deaths are decreasing, largely because suicide is becoming less prevalent
Kremlin points to ‘terrorists in Idlib’ when asked about massive naval drill near Syria’s shores
8/30/2018, 6:03:00 PMOn Saturday, the Russian military will start a week-long exercise in the Mediterranean, involving 25 ships and strategic bombers. The Kremlin agreed the drill may be connected with the situation in Syria’s Idlib governorate. ✔ Russia’s Northern, Baltic, Black Sea and Caspian fleets provided combat and support ships for the war games ✔ The drill will also involve 30 aircraft, including Tu-160 long-range bombers, Tu-142MK and Il-38 anti-submarine planes as well as Su-33 and Su-30SM fighter jets
John McCain's Wife Asks Mourners to Honor Her Husband by Sending Flowers to Hospitalized Veterans
8/30/2018, 7:58:56 PM"John loved the men and women of the armed forces," says longtime family friend Richard Rovsek. "It meant so much to him to see them recognized" ✔ This gesture not only enriches the life of the veteran receiving it, but it also serves as a reminder of the sacrifice made in service in defense of the country we are all blessed to be citizens of ✔ He will be missed by all of those who have worn the uniform
British 'ISIS Beatles' duo 'could be sent to Guantanamo Bay'
8/30/2018, 5:14:35 PMAlexandar Amon Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh are currently being held by US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces and could face the death penalty in the United States ✔ A possible decision by Trump to move suspected terrorists to Guantanamo will face opposition from Democrats in the US ✔ The letters called for longer term arrangements to be made regarding the prisoners ✔ Mirror Online has approached the Home Office for comment
U.S. stocks drop on China trade worries; Argentine peso roiled
8/30/2018, 7:48:15 PMThe rally in U.S. stocks came to a halt on Thursday on new concerns that the U.S.-Chinese trade dispute will intensify, while economic turmoil in Argentina and Turkey sent those countries' currencies tumbling. ✔ Turkey’s lira was pressured after reports that the country’s central bank deputy governor and rate-setter, Erkan Kilimci, is leaving the bank ✔ Earlier this month, Turkey’s currency crisis sent the lira to a record low against the U.S. dollar and sparked concerns about emerging markets investments ✔ [O/R] Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
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