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'We work with tear gas around us': developing video games in a war zone

9/21/2018, 7:52:27 AM
Game creators from Syria and Palestine share what it’s like to live in a conflict-ridden area, conveying their experiences through video games ✔ Video game development is a tougher job than people might think, with the pervasiveness of working practices like crunch prompting a global movement towards unionisation ✔ Living here in Ramallah, or in Gaza, it’s difficult ✔ When he let his children play Liyla, they asked him: Why did they kill her


[INTERVIEW] One man's journey back to North Korea as a filmmaker

9/21/2018, 5:15:03 AM
undefined ✔ Finally, in the morning, she was fine, and as we were coming down the long escalator, she held my hand and said that she could start the work ✔ I had four brothers and one sister living with my parents in the North before the Korean War and North Koreans consider me as one of them, who happened to live in the U.S.


Canada declares Myanmar Rohingya killings 'genocide'

9/21/2018, 7:42:24 AM
Parliament unanimously adopts motion branding crimes committed against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar as genocide. ✔ I want to underscore how tragic, how horrific the crimes against the Rohingya are, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said ✔ Bangladesh and Myanmar signed an agreement last year to repatriate the Muslim minority - but it has stalled as the Rohingya fear returning to Myanmar's Rakhine State without their safety and rights guaranteed


The Guardian view on the US and North Korea: warm words, not deeds | Editorial

9/21/2018, 7:01:34 AM
Editorial: Washington has said it will restart talks with Pyongyang. Kim Jong-un knows how to make Donald Trump feel good; that doesn’t mean he plans to denuclearise ✔ Even so, Kim Jong-un must be surprised by his success in eking out minimal material ✔ Yet everything indicates that the North believes peace is possible because it has nuclear weapons ✔ So the questions remain: What more can Mr Kim get without giving real ground


Tourists, sanctions, ‘Viagra’ from Pyongyang: Russia’s Far East bond with the Koreas

9/21/2018, 7:18:53 AM
Seven time zones from Moscow, Russia’s Pacific region keeps doors open to North Korea and has much riding on the diplomatic outreach to Kim Jong Un. ✔ The anniversary celebration for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea the official name of North Korea was in full swing, complete with a giant video screen venerating the leader Kim ✔ John Hudson in Washington and Min Joo Kim in Seoul contributed to this report


Trump summit can change course of denuclearization talks

9/21/2018, 7:05:23 AM
undefined ✔ It's doubtful whether Trump will accept such a declaration in return for dismantling the Yongbyon nuclear facilities ✔ But they could also resume extensive nuclear talks and coordinate details depending on the outcome of the South Korea-U.S ✔ So that would just be a normal course of doing business ✔ We have that shared understanding with the countries, she said


AP Analysis: Other nations adjust to 'America first' policy

9/21/2018, 5:37:43 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — America first? Try America first, second and third. As President Donald Trump prepares for his second U.N. General Assembly, the Olympics of intern ✔ When former Secretary of State John Kerry left the State Department for the last time on January 19, 2017, he told diplomats that the United States was more engaged in more places in this world with greater positive impact than at any time in American history


North Korea's lesson for Trump: US must give up something for peace

9/21/2018, 5:39:52 AM
undefined ✔ By Doug Bandow Last fall Washington and Pyongyang were exchanging insults and threats ✔ That is, the two leaders committed to forge a bilateral relationship, then establish a peace regime, and then achieve denuclearization ✔ Doug Bandow (chessset@aol.com) is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute


A Kim Jong Un visit to Seoul? It would be surreal challenge

9/21/2018, 5:27:21 AM
SEOUL--The spectacle and surprise on display at the three inter-Korean summits this year have been, ✔ SEOUL--The spectacle and surprise on display at the three inter-Korean summits this year have been, at times, intense ✔ And he delivered a speech to 150,000 at the city's May Day Stadium during mass propaganda games ✔ An effusive reception for Kim would be a sensitive issue in the democratic South


Korea better off with or without Trump?

9/21/2018, 7:36:15 AM
undefined ✔ But within months, the dialogue has drastically changed and many, including Moon, have given credit to Trump for bringing the communist dictator to the negotiating table ✔ And for some, this week's summit is also seen as an accomplishment made possible by Trump ✔ Jane Han ( jhan@ktimes.com ) writes from Seattle


Ten things you never knew about peace

9/21/2018, 4:51:28 AM
1. The theme this year is: The Right to Peace – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70. 2. In 2015, the UN adopted “17 Sustainable Development Goals” of which goal 16 is “Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions”. ✔ Iceland has been the most peaceful country in the world since 2008; Syria has been the least peaceful for the past five years ✔ The Greek goddess of Peace was Eirene; her Roman equivalent was Pax ✔ He was a good violinist and is mentioned in a Sherlock Holmes story


Abortions will be free in Ireland just months after they were illegal, official says

9/21/2018, 6:35:48 AM
Ireland will have a law in place allowing for legal abortions, and that process will be cost-free for women. ✔ ARSHAD ARBAB, EPA-EFE Fullscreen Philippine police pin down a protester during a protest against mining in Pasay City, south of Manila ✔ Issues in mining in the Philippines and illegal operations within the industry have resurfaced following a landslide that killed dozens of people ✔ You may also want to view these photo galleries: Replay Last SlideNext Slide


Reckoning with loss of homes, livelihoods after Florence

9/21/2018, 4:12:32 AM
SPRING LAKE, N.C. (AP) — With Florence's floodwaters receding in some places and still menacing others, tired and waterlogged North Carolinians are finally getting a chance to tak ✔ (AP) With Florence's floodwaters receding in some places and still menacing others, tired and waterlogged North Carolinians are finally getting a chance to take stock of the destruction from the wind and floodwaters ✔ The people hadn't even finished putting it back together


U.S. sanctions China for buying Russian fighter jets, missiles

9/21/2018, 4:08:29 AM
n imposed sanctions on the Chinese military on Thursday for buying fighter jets ... ✔ CAATSA sanctions in this context are not intended to undermine the defense capabilities of any particular country, the official told reporters on a conference call ✔ They are instead aimed at imposing costs upon Russia in response to its malign activities, the official said ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Young Africa: new wave of politicians challenges old guard

9/21/2018, 4:23:18 AM
Bobi Wine’s return to Uganda highlights potential leaders testing ageing, entrenched power across the continent ✔ Often educated and urban, they are at the intersection of massive changes that experts say may dramatically strengthen democracy in Africa in decades to come ✔ The average age of African leaders is 62, which means that the continent with the youngest citizens has the oldest rulers ✔ When the majority of national votes are urban … that will massively transform opposition parties and politics


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