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Student shot in attack on university lives in fear in Afghanistan

9/6/2018, 10:59:39 PM
Relentless violence in Afghanistan has surged in recent days, and hundreds have been killed in Kabul this year alone. One student who survived a deadly attack by Taliban suspects on the American University of Afghanistan in 2016 says she fears for her life more than ever. CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports.



Student shot in 2016 Taliban attack fears for her life more than ever

9/6/2018, 10:39:37 PM
Relentless violence in Afghanistan has surged in recent days, with four attacks in 24 hours leaving 40 dead ✔ The American University of Afghanistan looks more like a maximum security prison, with good reason ✔ After that he shot me again to make sure I'm dead, Musazai said ✔ A university trustee sponsored a trip for medical treatment in Dallas ✔ An estimated $1 trillion later, real security remains out of reach



Yemen peace talks on hold as U.N. mediator awaits Houthi team

9/6/2018, 8:45:05 PM
U.N.-mediated Yemen peace talks hung in the balance as the government delegation warned that it would leave on Friday if representatives of the Houthi movement had not shown up. ✔ Today should have been the first day of our consultation ✔ REUTERS/Denis Balibouse We are not here indefinitely, we will not stay until the end of these consultations, we just wanted to prove to the Special Envoy that we are engaging ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



War photographer Paul Conroy on working with Marie Colvin, the formidable journalist killed in Syria

9/6/2018, 8:48:25 PM
Colvin had already lost an eye to a grenade; a decade later she was killed in an airstrike. Paul Conroy wrote a book – now a documentary film – recounting her last moments and the tragedy being inflicted on Syrians



Bob Woodward reminds us that Trump's foreign policy is erratic and dangerous

9/6/2018, 11:17:41 PM
Diplomatic imagination has rarely been as essential as it is today. ✔ It felt like we were walking along the edge of the cliff perpetually, Woodward quotes Trump's former staff secretary Rob Porter as saying ✔ Egypt And then there's Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ✔ Diplomatic imagination has rarely been as essential as it is today



US plays down talk of imminent pullout of forces from Syria

9/6/2018, 11:13:18 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is now pledging the U.S. will remain in Syria until the "enduring defeat" of the Islamic State group, a move that could signal open-ende ✔ They include Muhammad al-Qatirji and his Syria-based company Qatirji Company, said to facilitate fuel trade between the Assad government and IS, and companies based in Syria, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates that procure fuel for the government ✔ (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP, File)



EBOLA CRISIS: 'NO ONE should sleep well around WORLD' warns official after city outbreak

9/6/2018, 9:46:25 PM
THE DEADLY Ebola outbreak could escalate after the first case of a patient dying in the city of Butembo in the Democratic Republic of Congo, experts have warned. ✔ Two more suspected cases are in the city, the DRC’s Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday ✔ In an attempt to contain the virus, aid workers have educated nearly 2.5 million Africans on how to reduce the risk of it spreading ✔ In the latest report on the epidemic, the WHO warned recent trends suggest control measures are working



Returning British jihadists could face ten years in prison

9/6/2018, 11:02:31 PM
British jihadis returning from Syria and similar countries could face 10 years in prison under Home Office plans to tackle foreign fighters. ✔ British jihadis returning from Syria and similar countries could face 10 years in prison under Home Office plans to tackle foreign fighters ✔ The new rules will be introduced in the Counter-Terror Bill and mean that anyone who is found to have travelled to a designated country could be prosecuted on their return, even if they are not a member of a banned terror group ✔ Only those working for aid charities or media organisations will be exempt from arrest



Inside the Beltway: Trump resistance ‘an emergency’ say organizers

9/6/2018, 11:37:26 PM
The volume has gone way up on the non-stop effort to counter President Trump, his administration and his nominee for the Supreme Court. It’s about to get a lot louder according to chief organizers — who have declared that the situation has escalated into “an emergency, all-hands-on-deck moment.” ✔ Speculation that The New York Times op-ed was written by me or my Principal Deputy is patently false ✔ Source: A Politico/Morning Consult poll of 1,964 registered U.S. voters conducted Aug. 28-31 ✔ • Kindly follow Jennifer Harper on Twitter @HarperBulletin



Kim says N Korean denuclearization will be completed by end of Trump's first term

9/6/2018, 9:53:13 PM
North Korea's Kim Jong Un has given his first time line for denuclearization, aiming for the end of U.S. President Donald Trump's first term, Seoul officials said on Thursday, prompting thanks from Trump who said they would "get it done together." Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet… ✔ Signalling that Washington's concerns extend beyond Pyongyang's nuclear program, the U.S. government on Thursday charged and sanctioned an alleged North Korean hacker over the 2017 global WannaCry ransomware cyberattack, the 2014 cyber assault on Sony Corp. and other malign cyber activities



When Moon travels North, will he return with a gift for Trump?

9/6/2018, 9:12:19 PM
For the first time since he chose to engage with the world, North Korea's Kim Jong Un has proposed a possible timeline for ridding the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons: by the end of President US Donald Trump's first term in office. ✔ Kim reaffirmed his determination to completely denuclearize the peninsula, South Korea's Chung insisted upon his return to Seoul on Thursday ✔ And if North Korea hasn't made any credible steps then the concern is that Trump might consider military options even before considering long term containment and deterrence, said Duyeon Kim



Kim sets timeline for denuclearization, but will skip UN visit

9/6/2018, 8:30:33 PM
North Korean leader leans on South to revive US talks ✔ Yet he also signaled that he would not be attending the United Nations General Assembly later this month in New York, an acklowledgement of the lack of progress in talks with the U.S. South Korean national security adviser Chung Eui-yong told reporters on Thursday that Kim said he remains committed to denuclearization, and expressed a desire for Seoul's help in restarting stalled negotiations with Washington ✔ Chung was expected to brief American national security adviser John Bolton on the meeting by phone on Thursday ✔ He had a special message from Kim, according to a source familiar with the matter ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th



Lori Systems is launching a service with the Kenyan government for last-mile haulage from railroads

9/6/2018, 9:54:24 PM
For Lori Systems chief executive and co-founder Josh Sandler, deals like the one between his company and the Kenyan government to solve last-mile solutions around the national railroad are about far more than just logistics. Sandler, whose family battled apartheid in South Africa as social workers,… ✔ By driving that through our system and having more pricing visibility we’re able to bring down the cost of bringing bulk grains to Uganda by 17.3 percent ✔ Ultimately, if Lori succeeds it will mean lower prices and increased spending power for consumers across Africa ✔ It’s exactly the problem that Lori is setting out to solve



Novichok attack sheds light on Putin’s feared military agency

9/6/2018, 8:38:19 PM
undefined ✔ In short the GRU is the crème de la crème of Russia’s armed forces ✔ The theory is supported by the careless way in which Mr Petrov and Mr Boshirov allegedly disposed of the perfume bottle containing the nerve agent, which eventually led to the inadvertent death of Dawn Sturgess and the contamination of her partner Charlie Rowley in July



Here's how artificial intelligence will change ALL aspects of life

9/6/2018, 10:45:38 PM
IN tomorrow’s world, robots will be able to do everything we can. Only better. Prince Charles has warned of the dangers of Artificial Intelligence, saying people should turn their noses up at the t… ✔ EPA 10 This robot can imitate human handwriting using a pen and ink When compared with the Bard, the public could not tell the difference ✔ Last month, Google Home smart speakers became the first piece of AI-enabled tech that could understand conversations which switch between two different languages



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