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War took a heavy toll on her family. Now she is fighting … for Afghan democracy

9/30/2018, 6:19:21 AM
Zakia Wardak is part of a wave of young politicians prepared to fight powerful vested interests at the ballot box – despite all the dangers ✔ Zakia Wardak’s family has been fractured and diminished by long decades of war in Afghanistan ✔ Relatives abroad begged her to join them after the latest killing ✔ To reach people I talk to them face to face and tell them what I have done, she said ✔ For three days Taliban foot soldiers flooded into cities for ice-cream and selfies and urbanites with government links returned to homes in insurgent-controlled areas that had been off limits for years



They went to North Korea promised a ‘paradise.’ They are now suing over the lies.

9/30/2018, 10:17:17 AM
Tens of thousands of ethnic Koreans were lured to North Korea from Japan during the Cold War. Five families are now in court over the hardships they endured. ✔ Sakakibara vividly remembers the propaganda photos the family were shown before leaving Japan: beautiful girls plucking rosy apples off a tree, idyllic country scenes and modern cityscapes ✔ All they have to say is ‘Sorry, we meant well, but it didn’t turn out right.’ But they won’t acknowledge their fault



How Afghanistan fell in love with cricket

9/30/2018, 6:48:56 AM
Cricket was imported by Afghan refugees from Pakistan, banned by the Taliban and finally embraced by government. ✔ The Taliban lifted the cricket ban in 2000, making it the only sport approved by the group ✔ Hundreds had gathered to watch the evening game in Sarfaraz's hometown ✔ England and Wales will host the next world cup from May to July next year ✔ Remember, this is a warning for the World Cup teams



How a college drop out became a champion of investigative journalism

9/30/2018, 9:01:13 AM
The founder of Bellingcat explains how his site went from a hobby to exposing the identity of one of the novichok poisoning suspects ✔ Highlighting Russian involvement in the case of flight MH17, the Malaysia Airlines aircraft brought down by a missile when flying over Ukraine, was one of Bellingcat’s earliest coups ✔ The main thing we’re all waiting for now is some sort of reverse image search for videos



Future battlefields: how the wars of tomorrow will be fought

9/30/2018, 11:37:53 AM
Rise of the machines ✔ At the moment drones such as the Hellfire missile-equipped Predator are still controlled by humans – but for how long ✔ As more automation comes in to play, the size of standing armies will shrink and budgets will shift accordingly ✔ TechRadar's Next Up series is brought to you in association with Honor



Pyongyang committed to inviting foreign capital

9/30/2018, 6:42:48 AM
undefined ✔ Based on the summary of talks with people accompanied with President Moon for his third summit in Pyongyang, it's evident Kim is grinding out top-down economic reforms because the North is fully ready to focus on the other policy goal of the regime, which I believe is economic development, said Lee Jong-seok, a former unification minister



Trump on Kim: Tough talk... 'and then we fell in love'

9/30/2018, 9:40:43 AM
Asia-focused English-language publication that brings you insights about business, finance, economic and political news, comments and analysis for Asia, by Asia on asia.nikkei.com ✔ WHEELING (AP)--President Donald Trump told a cheering crowd at a campaign rally that there was once tough talk back and forth between him and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and then we fell in love ✔ Instead, he noted, the U.S. is continuing sanctions aimed at keeping up pressure ✔ Trump took a much more optimistic view in his rally speech ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th



Security services in Syria's Raqqa uncover Islamic State cell

9/30/2018, 11:41:15 AM
Security forces in northern Syria’s Raqqa city said on Sunday they had uncovered... ✔ to confront plans which were about to be executed by a terrorist cell affiliated with mercenaries of Daesh in a neighborhood in Raqqa city, the unit’s spokesman Mohannad Ibrahim said at a news conference ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



First rebel group begins withdrawal from demilitarized zone in...

9/30/2018, 7:51:11 AM
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday that rebel group Failaq a... ✔ The group is the first to comply with a requirement to leave a demilitarized buffer zone set up by Turkey and Russia to avert a Russian-backed Syrian army offensive, Rami Abdulrahman, head of the UK-based war monitor told Reuters ✔ Rebel sources could not immediately be reached for comment ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



25 mesmerising colour photographs of people in the 19th century

9/30/2018, 11:13:59 AM
25 mesmerising colour photographs of people in the 19th century ✔ The Swiss firm licensed the process to others, such as the Detroit Photographic Company in the US and the Photochrom Company of London ✔ Here are some of the most striking produced during the period, starting with this shot of a family from VesterÃ¥len in Norway



Lyon grabs eight but Renshaw out of tour match after head knock

9/30/2018, 10:56:51 AM
Matthew Renshaw was hit in the head while fielding at short leg and removed from the game. ✔ Ali, who finished undefeated on 83 after day one, had added only two to his overnight score before his shot ricocheted off Renshaw ✔ Australia XI: Tim Paine (c, wk), Aaron Finch, Matthew Renshaw, Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, Michael Neser, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Jon Holland



Reignited Rally Sets Off Talk of $100 Oil

9/30/2018, 11:21:43 AM
Oil prices are again marching higher, prompting talk that crude could reach $100 a barrel for the first time since 2015’s crash. ✔ Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil producer and de facto head of OPEC, has insisted it can fill any supply shortfall created by the Iran sanctions ✔ I don’t think anybody can anticipate how this all plays out in the next two months, said Barclays’ Mr. Cohen



Fears of financial damage from China, Turkey and impeachment mean it's time to buy stocks

9/30/2018, 11:07:57 AM
When the term 'contagion' appears frequently in the media, it's always a 'buy' sign for stocks. I'll lay it out for you. ✔ When they struggle it scares us for fear China’s mass may hobble the global economy ✔ Ken Fisher is the founder and executive chairman of Fisher Investments, author of 11 books, four of which were New York Times bestsellers, and is No. 200 on the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans



Should anonymous social media accounts be banned?

9/30/2018, 9:01:12 AM
There are growing calls for an end to people being able to hide their identity online. But is this a threat to free speech? Labour MP Jess Phillips and tech author Jamie Bartlett swap ideas ✔ Dear Jess It is true that hiding behind a screen allows – sometimes maybe encourages – people to say and do things they wouldn’t in person ✔ But stripping everyone of the ability to be anonymous online is not the answer ✔ And Facebook at least is run by (mostly) sensible adults



After Brazil museum fire, debate over how, or if, to rebuild

9/30/2018, 4:19:18 AM
SAO PAULO (AP) — Ever since a fire gutted Brazil's 200-year-old National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, the question has been: Could what was destroyed be restored? A fli ✔ I would not try to hide, to erase this event, pretending that nothing happened and trying to put a modern building there, a digital museum, an internet museum, he told the Portuguese daily Publico ✔ About 300 pieces of the collection were scanned and some printed in 3D, which could help to rebuild part of the heritage lost in the Sept



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