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Inside the backroom chemical lab that sparked a bomb scare - in Devon

9/14/2018, 11:17:03 PM
Nuclear expert, Dr Chris Busby was arrested and held for 19 hours under the Explosives Act before being released with no further action ✔ A nuclear expert sparked a major bomb scare in Devon this week and has now revealed the inside of his backroom chemical lab ✔ You can detonate that if you have a detonator, but I don't have a detonator ✔ A 73-year-old man was arrested under the explosives act



Trade-war fears to loom large over stocks

9/14/2018, 10:45:22 PM
The single biggest fear dogging the financial markets is not the possible unraveling of emerging markets or the U.S. midterm elections but the specter of a full blown trade war, according to some strategists. ✔ Oliver Jones, markets economist at Capital Economics, believes the Fed will continue to hike rates by 25 basis points once a quarter between now and the middle of 2019, pushing the 10-year yield to 3.25% by the end of 2018 ✔ We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment



Never a seamless fit, Mattis and Trump show growing signs of discord

9/14/2018, 8:01:09 PM
Trump once reveled in the 68-year-old retired Marine general’s reputation as a battle-hardened warrior but more recently appears to have wearied of him. ✔ The Iran nuclear deal was completed in 2015, but Trump last year announced he was withdrawing from it ✔ Even after Trump’s reminder that the president would decide whether to resume exercises, Mattis didn’t entirely back down ✔ He issued his own pointed statement, repeating that no decisions have been made about suspending any future exercises



NATO Chief Defends Value of Military Alliance

9/14/2018, 8:33:33 PM
Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance, which President Trump has criticized, is a “vital trans-Atlantic bond” based on values that must withstand economic and political disputes. ✔ NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg, left, met with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo while visiting Washington ✔ While we now see some disagreements over tariffs, it does not change the fact that Europe and North America are each other’s biggest trading partners, he said



Stranded in a Hurricane? There’s an App for That

9/14/2018, 10:38:40 PM
Carolina residents in the path of Florence have turned to apps like Zello and social media to stay connected—and even call for help. ✔ It worked especially well for Harvey and Irma, Mr. Moore said ✔ Kodi McKinney with the Army National Guard was trying to pull up Facebook to see if any locals were requesting assistance ✔ He estimated that his team has conducted around 75 rescues since Thursday night



Some Venezuelans receive new minimum wage, but companies struggle...

9/14/2018, 8:18:15 PM
Some Venezuelans on Friday began to receive their first salary payment since the... ✔ Slideshow (7 Images) In Carabobo’s capital Valencia, 36-year-old builder Jose Pereira stood in a queue outside a bank ✔ He said his construction firm had told employees in late August after the wage increase that it could no longer afford to pay them ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



‘Bada bing bada boom’: Paul Manafort’s attempt to smear a jailed Ukrainian politician

9/14/2018, 10:13:31 PM
The guilty plea of Trump’s former campaign chairman sheds light on a 2012 dirty trick campaign targeting ‘[O]bama jews.’ ✔ The smear-by-association was based on a political alliance that Tymoshenko’s party had formed with a movement known as Svoboda, or Freedom, which had been associated with anti-Semitic views ✔ Loveday Morris and Ruth Eglash in Jerusalem contributed to this report



Kabasele reveals the secrets behind Watford's perfect start

9/14/2018, 11:08:11 PM
Beans are banned at Watford's training ground so Christian Kabasele spills the avocado and quinoa. He is is intelligent company on all subjects, but first to the secrets of Javi Gracia’s revolution. ✔ Beans are banned at the Watford training ground so Christian Kabasele settles down to spill the avocado and quinoa ✔ And the clinical sense of humour which sparked a dressing room pseudonym, and his refusal to keep quiet in the fight for racial equality ✔ Six years ago, his promising career as a 'selfless striker' was drifting



Drill music gang jailed after boasting about rival in 'tit for tat' postcode row

9/14/2018, 9:06:10 PM
The gang - from Shepherds Bush in west London - waged gun and knifewar with another gang from neighbouring Kensington and Chelsea ✔ Calvin Johnson, 21, was in the gang from Shepherds Bush (Image: Met Police/ SWNS.COM) Malique Campbell-Edwards, 18, promoted gang violence in their music (Image: Met Police/ SWNS.COM) Read More Prison Officers Association calls off shock immediate walkout over jail violence A ninth, a 17-year-old, has gone on the run



Kremlin spy chiefs hunt Russian 'traitor' who helped identify Skripal hitmen

9/14/2018, 9:30:49 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Search is on for the source of GRU leak who aided MI5 and they may be among GRU military intelligence officers still serving ✔ They were likely chosen as unknowns who are not used to working in a western sphere in a civilian setting - so how on earth have we managed to identify them as GRU ✔ What a pity that they didn’t spend longer in that city, where they could have explored the cathedral and seen a building that is committed to the love of God, where there is regular worship to lift our hearts, the tallest spire and a copy of Magna Carta about the rule of law and of justice



Asia resilient in face of EM crisis but dangers lie ahead

9/14/2018, 8:35:57 PM
undefined ✔ With MSCI’s flagship emerging market equity index having dropped a fifth from its peak in January, investors fear further pressure will spark broader contagion ✔ Asia’s resilience also reflects low levels of inflation, strong economic growth and a robust central banking system



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