Abe’s speech omits ‘pressure’ in referring to North Korea
9/26/2018, 6:26:32 AMNEW YORK--Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shifted his stance of applying pressure on North Korea to holdin ✔ I will do all I can to remove the long-standing postwar structure from Northeast Asia ✔ But since then, the United States and South Korea have increased talks with North Korea on denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula ✔ I want to maintain a win-win relationship between Japan and the United States, he said
Analysis | From ‘Rocket Man’ to a man of ‘courage’
9/26/2018, 5:16:13 AMAt the United Nations General Assembly, Trump turned his ire away from North Korea and its leader. ✔ The North Koreans view their capability as leverage, and I don’t think that they want to give it up easily ✔ The new KORUS is just the old KORUS with minor tweaks, tweeted Simon Lester of the Cato Institute ✔ But we may have to check in again next year at Trump’s speech to see whether this new attitude sticks
Korean War may be declared over this year
9/26/2018, 7:29:29 AMundefined ✔ The two are set to discuss follow-up denuclearization measures ✔ North Korea needs to pledge to report its nuclear assets ✔ After the inter-Korean summit last week, Pompeo invited North Korea to denuclearization talks in Vienna, Austria _ where the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is based
Emirati official: UAE will support UN proposal for talks on Yemen
9/26/2018, 7:19:07 AMAnwar Gargash says UAE will support UN proposals for new peace talks after meeting with UN Special Envoy in New York. ✔ More than 120,000 displaced Aid agencies have said that the humanitarian crisis has worsened dramatically, warning that the latest offensive could have devastating consequences for the civilian population, which is already facing famine ✔ The death toll, however, has not been updated in years and is likely to be significantly higher
CIA helicopter that landed in Afghanistan after 9/11 joins 'best museum you'll never see'
9/26/2018, 5:16:35 AMJust 15 days after the U.S. was attacked on 9/11, a team of CIA officers, code-named JAWBREAKER, landed in Afghanistan in a Russian-made helicopter. ✔ 10, 2001, and the Northern Alliance leadership was glad to see the Americans arrive before tribal and personal rivalries split them apart without Massoud to keep them united ✔ People will probably come to understand that the team was ordinary officers, just like everyone else here, who are doing ordinary work, in an extraordinary situation, he said
Exclusive: Myanmar's delaying tactics blocking Rohingya return -...
9/26/2018, 6:54:02 AMccused neighboring Myanmar of finding new excuses to delay the return of more th... ✔ Myanmar has said it is ready to take back the refugees and has built transit centers to house them initially on their return ✔ Cox’s Bazar is also vulnerable to flooding but this year’s monsoon season was light ✔ The protest was triggered after a speeding bus killed two students in Dhaka ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
'Break the shell of mistrust': Shinzo Abe willing to meet Kim Jong-un at summit
9/26/2018, 4:11:53 AMSummit could lower tensions between Tokyo and Pyongyang but Japanese PM still wants action on cold war abductions ✔ It isn’t clear how much progress Abe would be able to make on resolving the abduction issue – his precondition for the normalisation of diplomatic ties and Japanese support for the North Korean economy ✔ On Monday, Trump said he was looking forward to a second meeting with the very open and terrific North Korean leader, to be announced in a pretty short period of time
US won’t sanction Russia’s state debt & dollar transactions – Fitch
9/26/2018, 7:42:40 AMInternational ratings agency Fitch says Washington is unlikely to introduce measures targeting Russia’s sovereign debt or blocking dollar transactions by the nation’s lenders. ✔ The report added that, in the event of tougher penalties against Russia’s banking institutions, lenders will face difficulties in fulfilling exchange commitments, including deposits ✔ Russia’s economy is not being wrecked by sanctions, Erich Arispe, director of Fitch Ratings’ Sovereigns group, said at the agency’s annual conference ✔ For more stories on economy & finance visit RT's business section
Analysis | Fact-checking President Trump’s speech to the U.N. General Assembly
9/26/2018, 7:24:59 AMThe president offered other world leaders a "greatest hits" version of his favorite claims from his campaign rallies. We look at 14 key claims. ✔ In the past, North Korea viewed denuclearization to mean the United States' removing the nuclear umbrella it provides to Japan and South Korea; there is no indication its definition has changed ✔ (About our rating scale) Send us facts to check by filling out this form Sign up for The Fact Checker weekly newsletter The Fact Checker is a verified signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network code of principles
Small question, big consequences: Is N. Korea a nuke power?
9/26/2018, 7:36:20 AMUNITED NATIONS (AP) — As Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un stand on the brink of a widely expected Summit No. 2 to unstick deadlocked nuclear diplomacy, a crucial but often overlooked ✔ Kim and his well-amplified propaganda specialists certainly say it is ✔ And most casual observers, after watching last year's run of increasingly powerful weapons tests, would probably agree ✔ But Washington has always refused to accept that as fact ✔ It is wary that doing so would allow Pyongyang to follow the path of India and Pakistan and a handful of other outliers who have built illicit nuclear programs outside the global Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which aims to stop the spread of nuclear weapons
Abe tells UN he hopes to meet 'face to face' with Kim Jong Un
9/26/2018, 5:13:31 AMJapanese prime minister also stresses free trade talks with RCEP nations and US ✔ Last year, Abe devoted most of his General Assembly speech to North Korea's nuclear and missile ambitions, urging the international community to add pressure on Pyongyang ✔ Abe also referenced protectionist policies that are now hitting global trade without directly mentioning the matter ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th
Moon and Trump at the UN (update)
9/26/2018, 6:47:15 AMundefined ✔ By Stephen Costello In Seoul this month I talked with government officials, politicians, civic leaders, journalists and infrastructure professionals ✔ The other element is that the history of the U.S. impact on modern inter-Korean affairs is mixed, and for the past 17 years it has often been as a spoiler of Korean engagement
Troop pullout will pose tactical risk: USFK commander nominee
9/26/2018, 7:43:16 AMundefined ✔ Foal Eagle was pushed back this year, considering South Korea's hosting of the 2018 Winter Olympics ✔ Vincent Brooks, who served in the post for two years ✔ As commander of the USFK, Abrams will also lead the United Nations Command and Combined Forces Command
'These cities value freedom and democracy’: the Syrian families searching Europe for justice
9/26/2018, 6:26:08 AMIn a red London bus covered with images of ‘disappeared’ and detained Syrians, Families for Freedom has reached Berlin – a city whose traumatic past has parallels with Syria’s present ✔ But Mahmoud is keen to recognise where the stories differ, saying of Hohenschönhausen: Compared to Syrian prisons, this is like a five-star hotel ✔ Follow Guardian Cities on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to join the discussion, and explore our archive here
How did carrots become orange?
9/26/2018, 6:00:09 AMSelective breeding and the Dutch royal family played a part ✔ Around 1,100 years ago purple and then yellow varieties emerged, followed another 600 years later, thanks to further selective breeding, by the modern orange form, which has lots of beta carotene ✔ (The story was intended to keep the Royal Air Force’s development of radar technology hidden from the Germans, who were made to believe that carrot consumption was behind the accuracy of British pilots.) The modern preference for orange carrots has led to the breeding of varieties with ever more vivid shades; today’s carrots have 50% more carotene than those of 1970
Ivanka ends busy day at Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative in NYC
9/26/2018, 7:19:44 AMThe first daughter was pictured alongside other entrepreneurs Tuesday at the NYC initiative that primarily focused on better financing for female entrepreneurs in developing countries. ✔ The mother-of-three businesswoman gabbed with Queen Máxima of the Netherlands and kissed the royal on the cheek ✔ while attending her second year of law school at Georgetown University ✔ He was on his cellphone and huddled under an umbrella held by a different doorman from earlier in the day
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