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Trump's State Department outgunned in fight to counter Russian disinformation around globe

9/22/2018, 8:53:31 PM
President Trump's State Department faces a massive Russian disinformation campaign, as Vladimir Putin tries to destabilize Western-style democracies. ✔ The agency’s statistics offer a picture of glowing success – 400 million online views of Current Times’ videos in 2017, for example, and 1 million followers across social media platforms ✔ Lansing said he is confident the agency is having an increasingly forceful impact


Some see signs of hope on N. Korea as Trump heads to U.N.

9/22/2018, 11:45:27 PM
WASHINGTON--North Korea's Kim Jong Un is ✔ The president vowed to totally destroy North Korea if the U.S. was forced to defend itself or its allies against the North's nukes ✔ A day later, the North's top diplomat warned it could test explode a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean ✔ We've seen it going from bad to good and it could fairly quickly go back to the bad again


Officials keep talking about intervening in Venezuela, and it's drawing an ominous comparison

9/22/2018, 9:00:13 PM
Since Trump's unexpected declaration that military action was an option in Venezuela, the US government has kept the pressure up, but the region is widely resistant to military intervention. ✔ With respect to a military intervention to overthrow Nicolas Maduro's regime, I don't think any option should be ruled out, Almargo said ✔ You'll see in the coming days a series of actions that continue to increase the pressure level against the Venezuelan leadership folks, who are working directly against the best interest of the Venezuelan people, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday ✔ Pompeo did not elaborate but said the US is determined to ensure that the Venezuelan people get their say


British pharmacist suspected of fighting for Islamic State detained by Kurdish forces in Syria

9/22/2018, 8:01:05 PM
A British suspected Islamic State fighter has been caught by the UK’s partner forces in Syria. ✔ His arrest last month brings to four the number of British citizens held by the SDF in northern Syria ✔ As many as a dozen Britons are thought to still be inside Syria, most of whom fighting for jihadist groups in Idlib, the rebels' last-remaining stronghold


Trump returns to the U.N. General Assembly, the kind of multilateral group he disdains. But he loves the stage - Los Angeles Times

9/22/2018, 8:43:14 PM
President Trump will speak Tuesday before the United Nations General Assembly, the kind of multilateral group he disdains. But he loves the global spotlight. World leaders who were curious about Trump last year are resigned to his style. ✔ Trump declared victory at every turn and glowed in the limelight, a performance that played far better with his supporters back home than with traditional U.S. allies overseas ✔ This month Guterres lamented that Trump has pushed the United States into a number of conflicts of different natures in relation to trade, in relation to other situations, while disengaging from important global agreements


Opinion | Trump sees ‘tremendous progress’ on the Koreas where none exists

9/22/2018, 10:21:42 PM
The two sides seem ready to work together, with or without the United States. ✔ By Editorial Board September 22 at 6:07 PM A THREE-day summit meeting between the leaders of North and South Korea this week produced some significant steps to reduce tensions and the risk of war along the two countries’ borders, as well as plans for new economic cooperation ✔ A summit statement said that in exchange for unspecified reciprocal steps by the United States, North Korea would also undertake the permanent dismantlement of its oldest and best-known nuclear complex, Yongbyon


Abe may hit rocky road after not decisively winning party race

9/22/2018, 9:33:04 PM
Although Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won the Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, his new three-year term may not be so rosy as his rival garnered nearly half the votes, more than expected, of rank-and-file party members. Political pundits say Abe risks becoming ineffectual without having had a landslide victory because… ✔ Abe has been under fire amid suspicion government officials provided special treatment to a pair of school operators with ties to him and his wife Akie, which pushed his approval ratings down last year ✔ The United States is closely watching the gubernatorial election, which has a direct impact on bilateral relations, Toyoshima said


Official MI5 historian says he has no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn as a Prime Minister

9/22/2018, 8:09:46 PM
For a profession whose purpose is to find out information, spies know surprisingly little about their own past. ✔ For a profession whose purpose is to find out information, spies know surprisingly little about their own past ✔ Professor Christopher Andrew, the official historian of MI5, has charted the evolution of espionage from the Old Testament in a new book ✔ But the mess made by Tony Blair during the Iraq War was cock-up rather than conspiracy


China summons U.S. ambassador to protest sanctions over Russia military

9/22/2018, 11:27:49 PM
SHANGHAI/ WASHINGTON--China's foreign ministry on Saturday summoned the U.S. ambassador in Beijing t ✔ Both of those systems are extremely sophisticated and very high value ✔ Washington has expressed concern that Turkey’s planned deployment of S-400s could threaten some U.S.-made weapons and other technology used by Turkey, including the F-35 fighter jet ✔ our goal is to prevent these types of transactions, he added ✔ He warned that the United States would face consequences if it did not immediately revoke the sanctions


Iran: Who was responsible for the deadly attack in Ahvaz?

9/22/2018, 8:27:30 PM
Ahvaziya group and ISIL claim role in the attack, while Ayatollah Khamenei blames 'US-backed regimes in the region'. ✔ An injured survivor told reporters the gunmen fired aimlessly at the crowd ✔ Ahvaz is the capital city of Khuzestan province, which has the country's largest oil reserves ✔ Radicalism will unwind all peaceful efforts and shut the way to constructive push for civil rights


Syrian FSA rebels to cooperate with Turkey in Idlib, wary of Russia

9/22/2018, 10:53:22 PM
Turkey-allied Syrian rebels said on Saturday they would cooperate with Turkish d... ✔ Our finger will remain on the trigger and we will not forgo our weapons or our land or our revolution, it said ✔ Putin has said that all opposition heavy weapons, mortars, tanks, rocket systems are to be removed from the demilitarized zone by Oct. 10 ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


This small town, devastated by floods, welcomed Syrian immigrants. They’re now paying it back.

9/22/2018, 11:44:33 PM
Syrians raised money to help Ellicott City, Md. “We wanted this to be a payback from Syrian Americans to a generous America.” ✔ He knew that the community meant a lot not just to him, but also to other Syrian immigrants and refugees ✔ She had heard of President Trump’s call as a candidate to ban Muslims from entering the country and had arrived expecting to face Islamaphobia ✔ I had a good sense of what our people believe in, and though it was a disaster, it was an opportunity to have positive feelings at all levels


Hugs, flags, tears, kids: Inside the heart-tugging world of today’s super-viral campaign ads

9/22/2018, 9:41:25 PM
In 2018, candidates are introducing themselves through videos — on the Web, not TV — with the dramatic pull of short films. ✔ The Missouri Democrat lost his U.S. Senate race but was launched as a rising star ✔ Much of the magic, and time invested, happens in editing ✔ And anyway, Hyers maintains that going negative won’t work ✔ The creator was Mark Putnam, founder of McCabe’s firm, Putnam Partners


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