Meet the families who survive in the rubble of their former lives
9/20/2018, 3:23:20 PMThe war in Yemen has created the largest humanitarian catastrophe on the planet today. ✔ Recent United Nations efforts to bring conflict parties to the negotiations table and secure peace have been unsuccessful, leaving millions of people without any hope that the war will end soon ✔ This photo essay is provided by the Norwegian Refugee Council
South Korea's Moon: Progress with North Korea depends on US
9/20/2018, 12:03:50 PMThe North Korea ball is thoroughly back in Washington's court. ✔ The South Korean leader will debrief Trump in person next week on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly ✔ Trump on Wednesday praised the very good news from North Korea, after Moon's visit ✔ CNN's Paula Hancocks, Joshua Berlinger, Yoonjung Seo and Jake Kwon contributed reporting
US seeking North Korean talks on recovering US war remains
9/20/2018, 2:23:03 PMWASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Pentagon official says the U.S. hopes to begin face-to-face negotiations with North Korea next month on terms for resuming on-the-ground searches in Nor ✔ The official, Kelly McKeague (Mac-keg'), tells reporters the aim is to begin searches next spring if agreement can be reached on areas of dispute such as the kinds of amounts of compensation to North Korea ✔ McKeague is director of the Defense POW-MIA Accounting Agency, which is responsible for recovering and identifying remains of U.S. war dead, including the thousands unaccounted for from the 1950-53 Korean War
AP PHOTOS: 3 days of Moon-Kim summit in North Korea
9/20/2018, 1:45:17 PMPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in has wrapped up a three-day visit to North Korea for a third summit with leader Kim Jong Un that included wide-rang ✔ PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) South Korean President Moon Jae-in has wrapped up a three-day visit to North Korea for a third summit with leader Kim Jong Un that included wide-ranging agreements they trumpeted as a major step toward peace ✔ (AP Photo/Eric Talmadge, File) In this Wednesday, Sept
Trump doesn't care if North Korea has nukes, as long as they're not pointed at the US
9/20/2018, 1:40:29 PMTrump, Moon, and Kim, have walked down a diplomatic path for months now without any real progress on dismantling nukes, and none of them seem to care. In the meantime, the Korean Peninsula has become a more peaceful place, and the US public no longer worries about nuclear war. ✔ South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a welcome ceremony in Pyongyang ✔ KCTV If North Korea wanted to denuclearize, it could do so simply and relatively quickly ✔ The US stands to lose significant traction in Asia in the coming decades if Trump allows the Korean war to end, thereby undermining the legality and legitimacy of the [US-South Korean] alliance, said Sun
DR Congo political heavyweights excluded from presidential election
9/20/2018, 12:46:42 PMElection officials in Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday released an official list of candidates for December’s presidential election, formally excluding two heavyweight opposition figures. ✔ Election officials in Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday released an official list of candidates for December’s presidential election, formally excluding two heavyweight opposition figures ✔ Months of feverish speculation about Kabila’s plans, marked by protests that were bloodily repressed, ended in August when he threw his weight behind Shadary
Thursday Morning Briefing
9/20/2018, 1:14:50 PMU.S. ready to resume North Korea talks, Attorney General Sessions limits judges&... ✔ He and other climate scientists need to figure out exactly how – and how fast – warming waters are undermining ice sheets ✔ Luxury British carmaker Aston Martin is seeking a valuation of up to 5.07 billion pounds ($6.7 billion) from its stock market flotation and has taken steps to prepare for any eventuality over Brexit ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Yemen separatist leader says Hodeidah offensive will not stop
9/20/2018, 1:07:10 PMA campaign to drive the Houthi movement from Yemen's main port of Hodeidah,... ✔ Aidaroos al-Zubaidi, leader of Yemen’s Southern Resistance, poses for a picture during Reuters interview at the headquarters of the Southern Transitional Council in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates September 19, 2018 ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Politics, pride in leaders trip to 'sacred' N. Korea volcano
9/20/2018, 1:44:56 PMPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — There is no more sacred place in North Korea than Mount Paektu — and getting South Korean President Moon Jae-in to such a spot is a propaganda ✔ PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) There is no more sacred place in North Korea than Mount Paektu and getting South Korean President Moon Jae-in to such a spot is a propaganda coup unlike any other ✔ There is no more sacred a place in North Korea than Mount Paektu
A $3bn debt dispute between Russia and Ukraine may go to trial
9/20/2018, 3:40:23 PMUkraine says it borrowed under duress from Russian creditors ✔ The country eventually sought a bail-out from the IMF ✔ Ms Zerkal says just being able to present evidence of Russian aggression at the court will be a big victory ✔ Its finance minister, Anton Siluanov, has already said Russia plans to appeal the ruling in Britain’s Supreme Court in the coming weeks
Pompeo overruled State Department experts to back U.S. military support of Saudis in Yemen
9/20/2018, 1:04:01 PMSecretary of state reportedly was warned that a cutoff of American support could jeopardize $2 billion in weapons sales to the U.S.’s Gulf allies. ✔ Those who objected included specialists in the region and in military affairs ✔ https://t.co/dVZB4y1qvN Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 20, 2018 State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said she wouldn’t comment on the deliberative process or allegedly leaked documents ✔ Trending at WSJ.com: See Also How Manafort’s Cooperation Could Help Advance Mueller’s Probe × We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment
FIONA PRICE previews tonight’s TV: A match for war heroes
9/20/2018, 3:01:45 PMSIX Emmerdale stars step up to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War with a look at the heroic experiences of Yorkshiremen and women in EMMERDALE 1918 (ITV, 8.30pm). ✔ Set up with translators to watch his every move, Michael visits a government-run spa where people can get one of 12 officially sanctioned haircuts - wonder how popular the distinctive 'Jong-un' is - and an art school where students have to make propaganda posters rather than let their imaginations run wild
Russia can thrive without foreign loans in case of tougher sanctions – Finance Ministry
9/20/2018, 3:35:52 PMMoscow may stop using outside borrowings, replacing them with internal financial sources, if international penalties against Russia are deepened, according to Russia’s Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. ✔ Increasing rates at the US markets, as well as financial and economic crises, have already captured some developing economies, including Argentina and Turkey, and are currently affecting the other ones, Oreshkin said ✔ For more stories on economy & finance visit RT's business section
South Korea Says Pyongyang Willing to Open Up Nuclear-Weapons Test Site
9/20/2018, 3:10:05 PMNorth Korea is open to allowing outside inspections of a nuclear-weapons testing site it closed in May, South Korea’s leader said Thursday, just a day after the North agreed to open a missile site to inspectors. ✔ Washington officials have been reluctant to concede, due to suspicion that the testing site hadn’t been properly destructed, and because a peace declaration could give North Korea an excuse to avoid nuclear inspections and demand that U.S. troops stationed in South Korea be removed
400 Murders a Day: The Crisis of Latin America
9/20/2018, 3:04:57 PMRiven by drugs, gangs, weak institutions and lawlessness, the continent has become the most murderous region on Earth. It accounts 8% of the world’s population but a third of its murders, and is the only region where lethal violence has grown steadily since 2000. ✔ The forensic medical services morgue in Acapulco is often full, even though it has five refrigerators which can hold approximately 400 bodies at a time ✔ Cristian Sabino was sitting on a plastic chair by this beach resort’s central market when a gunman walked up and shot him five times ✔ Mexican state police stop cars to search for firearms after cartel members fired on a taxi stop
Colombian peace deal at risk as cocaine production surges to record levels
9/20/2018, 2:02:50 PMUnparalleled levels of illegal cocaine production in Colombia risk derailing the country's fragile peace deal. ✔ On its own, Narino has more farmland dedicated to coca plantations than Peru, the country with the second largest area of such fields, at almost 110,000 acres ✔ The increase in plantations has led to Duque examining the possibility of resuming aerial fumigations using glyphosate, suspended since 2015 due to the weedkiller's potentially harmful effects on nature and public health
Top senator hints at Russia’s looming exit from Council of Europe
9/20/2018, 3:07:17 PMThe Russian Upper House speaker says the country’s authorities are preparing to quit the Council of Europe as Russian politicians are “tired” of constant reprisals from the body. ✔ We are tired of being used as whipping boys , Matviyenko said ✔ Russia also passed a parliamentary resolution stating that nations which have repeatedly violated international law and caused thousands of casualties have no moral right to judge other nations or punish them with sanctions ✔ In June, President Pasquier said that without Russia’s input, PACE’s budget was suffering from a deficit
Trump Today: President raises shutdown specter by calling spending bill ‘ridiculous’
9/20/2018, 2:33:06 PMPresident Donald Trump called a spending package “ridiculous” in a tweet on Thursday, raising the chances for a partial government shutdown at the end of the month, and also blasted OPEC anew over the price of oil. ✔ The House is expected to act on the measure next week, but Trump’s tweet suggests he may not sign it ✔ Read: Trump raises prospect of government shutdown should investors worry ✔ Robert Schroeder Robert Schroeder is the White House reporter for MarketWatch ✔ We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment
Puerto Rico’s governor ramps up push for statehood on anniversary of Maria
9/20/2018, 1:47:17 PM“It’s time for decision-makers to put up or shut up,” Ricardo Rosselló said during a morning television interview. ✔ Rosselló said, referring to Puerto Rico’s population ✔ The vote was viewed as flawed, and opposition parties boycotted ✔ Trump drew widespread rebukes last week after falsely claiming that the number of deaths attributable to Maria had been inflated by Democrats to make me look as bad as possible
Analysis | The Health 202: In Senate battle, Democrats' focus on health care is giving them an edge
9/20/2018, 12:22:51 PMTake a look at Arizona and Tennessee. ✔ Senate investigators note the Department of Health and Human Services could not determine with certainty the whereabouts of 1,488 out of 11,254 children the agency had placed with sponsors in 2018, based on follow-up calls from April 1 to June 30 ✔ SUGAR RUSH The Post’s Nicole Ellis breaks down the cost of egg freezing: From the Fact Checker: Brett Kavanaugh’s unlikely story about Democrats’ stolen emails| Fact Checker
Kim Jong Un lookalike FOOLS This Morning viewers
9/20/2018, 12:13:09 PMA Chinese-Australian man called Howard X, who has been working as a professional lookalike since 2012. managed to fool viewers of This Morning when he appeared on the show. ✔ for now.' The ruse didn't last for long as the group - including the stony faced dictator - burst out laughing, as 'Kim' revealed his true identity ✔ The moment shocked Holly and Phil, with Phil jumping in: 'Sorry about that! It may be acceptable in Australia but not here
Marine Le Pen to undergo psychiatric test after ISIS propaganda tweets
9/20/2018, 1:41:42 PMMarine Le Pen, 50, is facing charges in a court in Paris, relating to a series of tweets in which she posted ISIS propaganda pictures, including the remains of American journalist James Foley. ✔ Journalist Foley was abducted by ISIS in northwestern Syria in November 2012, and beheaded by the terrorist group in August 2014 ✔ Ms Le Pen added: 'Of course I will not go to this psychiatric assessment and I will wait to see how the judge intends to force me.'
Israeli F-16s Scrambled to Cover Behind the Russian Il-20 Because They Had Been Painted by Syrian Air Defense Radars
9/20/2018, 12:33:30 PMAnd so it starts. Russia must attack Israel, no—she must obliterate it, Putin is "soft", the world is coming to an end, Zionists are in control of Kremlin, Russia turns another cheek. And on, and on, and on. The chorus of noble warriors with the evils of Zionism is getting louder with each day. Behind this hysteria surrounding the tragedy of Russian VKS' IL-20 somehow crucial and widely publicized news have been ignored completely. It is no surprise they were ignored by all kinds of "specialists" in strategy, politics, and armchair strategists (I am one myself). The news are pretty simple. ✔ Russia must attack Israel, noshe must obliterate it, Putin is soft, the world is coming to an end, Zionists are in control of Kremlin, Russia turns another cheek ✔ He offered the Commander of Israeli Air Force to be immediately on his way to Moscow, all diplomatic, informational, government channels between Israel and Russia got immediately engaged
Japan's Abe re-elected as party head, to stay on as PM
9/20/2018, 1:44:30 PMTOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was re-elected as head of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in a landslide Thursday, paving the way for up to three more years as ✔ It's time to tackle a constitutional revision, Abe said in a victory speech ✔ Abe has survived a series of scandals, including cronyism allegations against him and his wife ✔ Abe has been re-elected as head of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in a landslide, paving the way for up to three more years as the nation's leader
Isabel Allende to receive honorary National Book Award medal
9/20/2018, 2:02:51 PMNEW YORK (AP) — Isabel Allende, winner of an honorary National Book Award, sees no reason to discuss her legacy. "I think legacy is a very masculine word," the autho ✔ Her previous honors include a Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded in 2014, and, two years later, a lifetime achievement award from PEN Center USA ✔ To me this (the current novel) is recent history, because I know someone who is still alive ✔ She is the first Spanish-language author to receive the prize
EU looks to Egypt, Africa for help with migrant challenge
9/20/2018, 3:20:46 PMSALZBURG, Austria (AP) — European Union leaders agreed Thursday to enter talks with Egypt to help stem the flow of migrants entering Europe from Africa, offering to step up econom ✔ We have to protect our citizens but we must do it while respecting our values ✔ Also, responsibilities cannot be upheld if there is no solidarity, he said ✔ and others condemn as massive humanitarian failures ✔ 18, 2018 as charities slammed conditions in the facility.(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)
Try these devilishly tough secret service brainteasers
9/20/2018, 3:30:31 PMIf you think you've got what it takes to be the next James Bond (pictured) then give these conundrums a try - some have been directly inspired by modern secret service recruitment tests. ✔ They have agreed to meet at the same station on an underground network ✔ Tour of duty He goes from CHINA to IRAN to UKRAINE to GERMANY and ends in BULGARIA ✔ In first place is Mollie with an Americano and a cupcake ✔ Behind her is Camilla with a Mocha and a flapjack, while in third place Lizzie is about to enjoy a Cappuccino with a muffin
Analysis | The Daily 202: Trump’s FBI attacks laid groundwork for GOP to reject probe of Kavanaugh sexual assault allegation
9/20/2018, 2:00:32 PMThe president’s insistence that the bureau cannot look into Ford’s story is incorrect, fact checkers and former officials say. ✔ REPUBLICANS MUST FINALLY GET TOUGH! Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 20, 2018 A camel walks in Niger's Tenere desert, which is in south central Sahara ✔ https://t.co/9RQuZxdE39 pic.twitter.com/layHqI1Yc7 Jaclyn Reiss (@JaclynReiss) September 19, 2018
LA Phil at 100: How the orchestra rose from humble roots to become one of the world's best
9/20/2018, 12:16:27 PMBesides good ideas, brilliant music directors and great architecture, how - or better why — did an outlier from a supposed cultural wasteland become the world’s most important and successful and venturesome orchestra? Patience and vision grounded on tradition. ✔ He was not adventurous, but he did program living American composers ✔ Its sound and everything it stands for is made to feel both physically present and of the moment and, with Gehry’s architecture, echt L.A., a lotus no longer plastic but coated in the most alluring and musical steel on the planet
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