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North Korea news: How old is North Korea - when is the Day of the Foundation?

9/7/2018, 8:07:46 PM
THE Day of the Foundation of the Republic is one of the most important days in North Korea. But how old is North Korea and when is the Day of the Foundation? ✔ North Korea news: People will celebrate their country's history on Sunday (Image: GETTY) North Korea news: The Korean Peninsula was split into two in 1945 (Image: GETTY) Soviet general Terentii Shtykov became the first Soviet ambassador and Kim Il-sung became premier



US begins military exercise in Syria in response to Russian military threats

9/7/2018, 8:50:39 PM
More than 100 US troops began an unexpected exercise in southern Syria on Friday in direct response to a series of Russian military threats, according to a US defense official. ✔ The Pentagon has been unusually public in disclosing the potential Russian threat, in hopes that its statements will warn the Russians off the area ✔ The first Russian warning came via the US Russian deconfliction line that has been used for the last several years to ensure both sides have visibility on what is happening in the area ✔ CNN's Zach Cohen and Richard Roth contributed to this report



U.S. forces conduct live-fire exercise in southern Syria in a warning to Russia

9/7/2018, 10:32:53 PM
Marine exercise followed a notification from Russia, and a U.S. rejection, of a plan to enter a zone to pursue “terrorists.” ✔ By Karen DeYoung September 7 at 6:16 PM U.S. Marines conducted a live-fire, aerial assault exercise in southern Syria on Friday designed to warn Russian and other military forces to stay away from an American base there ✔ Increasingly frequent skirmishes have occurred near and inside the margins of the zone, including one Monday in which several Iranian and Iranian-backed fighters were reportedly killed in an airstrike



Air strikes, shelling hit Idlib and Hama on day of Syria summit in...

9/7/2018, 9:38:39 PM
Air strikes hit parts of Syria's rebel-held Idlib province on Friday, a war monitor said, as the presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey met in Tehran to discuss the fate of the enclave. ✔ Earlier in the day, thousands of people in rebel-held Idlib took to the streets after Friday midday prayers to protest any upcoming military action or evacuation plans, the Observatory and opposition news channel Orient News said ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Pentagon sends reinforcements to remote Syria base after Russia threatens attack

9/7/2018, 10:36:11 PM
More than 100 U.S. troops were sent to reinforce a remote coalition outpost in southern Syria on Friday. ✔ More than 100 U.S. Marines were sent as reinforcements to a remote coalition outpost in southern Syria on Friday after Russia threatened to attack militants in the area, the Pentagon said ✔ 1 through a special communication channel that they that they intended to enter the At Tanf deconfliction zone to pursue terrorists, Brown said



Russia, Turkey, Iran fail to agree on ceasefire for Syria's Idlib

9/7/2018, 9:59:59 PM
The presidents of Turkey, Iran and Russia on Friday failed to agree on a ceasefire that would forestall a Syrian government offensive in rebel-held Idlib province which the United Nations fears could cause a humanitarian catastrophe involving tens of thousands of civilians. Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Iran's… ✔ The presidents of Turkey, Iran and Russia on Friday failed to agree on a ceasefire that would forestall a Syrian government offensive in rebel-held Idlib province which the United Nations fears could cause a humanitarian catastrophe involving tens of thousands of civilians ✔ But there were were other armed opposition groups who could join any ceasefire agreement, they said



Opinion | Google was working on two ethically questionable projects. It quit the wrong one.

9/7/2018, 9:14:13 PM
A censored search engine for China is much more evil than working with the U.S. military. ✔ By Sarah Sewall September 7 at 12:58 PM Sarah Sewall, the Speyer distinguished scholar and professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, served as undersecretary of state for civilian security, democracy and human rights in the Obama administration ✔ Better information cannot guarantee the protection of civilians, but it can help avoid the kinds of problems we documented in Afghanistan



Trump expecting ‘positive’ letter from N. Korea’s Kim soon

9/7/2018, 11:05:42 PM
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE--U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday a letter from North Korean leader K ✔ Earlier on Friday, generals from the United States and North Korea met at the Korean border to discuss the recovery of the remains of U.S. service members killed in the Korean War, a senior U.S. official said ✔ The withdrawal of the U.S. forces, the end of the U.S. military presence and domination is the demand of the Korean nation and the irresistible trend of the times, it said



Syrian rebels in Idlib target those who might surrender as government assault looms

9/7/2018, 9:28:46 PM
Al-Qaeda-linked fighters erected a gallows to keep people in line and stepped up arrests and torture, witnesses said. ✔ But experts say the group is likely to fight to the death ✔ Western governments and aid groups have warned that a military campaign like those that shattered former rebel strongholds in Aleppo and Eastern Ghouta would spell humanitarian catastrophe ✔ Zakaria Zakaria and Erin Cunningham in Istanbul and Suzan Haidamous in Beirut contributed to this report



Barack Obama breaks his silence to attack Donald Trump, asking 'how hard is it to say Nazis are bad?'

9/7/2018, 11:54:49 PM
Barack Obama has launched an unprecedented attack on Donald Trump's presidency as he returned to the political spotlight for the first time since leaving the White House. ✔ Pressuring aides Mr Obama was especially stern in his condemnation of Mr Trump's pattern of pressuring law enforcement officials, including Attorney General Jeff Sessions ✔ Because there is actually only one real check on bad policy and abuses of power, and that's you



The Latest: Top-seeded Gauff out in girls' quarterfinals

9/7/2018, 8:25:36 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): 4 p.m. Top-seeded American Cori Gauff has been eliminated in the junio ✔ Gauff, 14, was beaten by Dasha Lopatetskaya, a qualifier from Ukraine, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 ✔ Tiger Woods realiza su tiro de salida en el hoyo tres durante la primera ronda de BMW Championship en el Club de Golf Aroniminck el jueves 6 de septiembre de 2018 en Newtown Square, Pensilvania



Opinion | We’re Surviving Trump Just Fine

9/7/2018, 11:05:31 PM
Hysteria aside, the Woodward book shows the president as an amateur. ✔ So at least he is compos mentis about some things ✔ The shambolic and self-defeating public intervention of the FBI director on behalf of Hillary Clinton was set in motion by secret Russian intelligence about which the public is still being kept in the dark ✔ Happily, from the testimony this week, the job is well in hand among Mr. Trump’s shifting cast of helpers from mostly the same elite



ISIS remnants still waging their terrorist campaign against innocent Iraqis

9/7/2018, 9:46:16 PM
The aftershocks triggered by the self-proclaimed Islamic State terrorist caliphate can still be felt across Iraq, even though it’s been over a year since the Iraqi government declared final victory over IS fighters. ✔ Abbas believes that the threat of IS in Iraq is still very real, and he accuses the Iraqi government of lacking the will to fight it ✔ The international terrorists IS are organised, not just four or five scattered members, he said ✔ Subscribe to RT newsletter to get stories the mainstream media won’t tell you



Obama's full speech on the state of American democracy

9/7/2018, 8:11:58 PM
Former President Barack Obama said President Trump is a "symptom, not the cause" of division in America ✔ Former President Barack Obama gave a speech at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on Friday, September 7, 2018, urging Americans to vote this November because American democracy depends on it ✔ It's supposed to be the party, supposedly, of fiscal conservatism



Inspirational dog whose front paws were hacked off by dog meat traders honoured

9/7/2018, 9:36:35 PM
The Animal Hero Awards was an awards evening like no other. Some of the biggest names in showbiz and animal conservation were in the house — and many of them brought their pet as their “plus one” ✔ Special Award - Lisa Garner and Marc Abraham (Image: Adam Sorenson/Daily Mirror) Her hips had fused together, she had a curved spine, bald patches and epilepsy after years of mistreatment ✔ Phil Hamilton Services to Wildlife: Anne Brummer Anne rescues and rehabilitates thousands of animals and birds at Harper Asprey Wildlife Rescue in Surrey and founded the Save Me Trust with Dr Brian May



'I fell asleep!' Trump mocks Obama after predecessor's vicious speech

9/7/2018, 9:08:21 PM
President Trump mocked his predecessor on Friday during a swing through the upper plains states, responding to a stinging rebuke from Barack Obama during his speech. ✔ President Trump mocked his predecessor on Friday during a swing through the upper plains states, responding to a stinging rebuke from Barack Obama with the equivalent of a patronizing pat on the head ✔ Even though we took out bin Laden and wound down the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, got Iran to halt its nuclear program, the world’s still full of threats and disorder that come streaming through people’s televisions every single day



The 7 Best Books About the Financial Crisis

9/7/2018, 9:36:14 PM
The best books about the financial crisis include volumes by Martin Wolf, Adam Tooze, and Gary Gorton, among others. ✔ In the aftermath of the bust, mortgage-servicing companies, often owned by the big banks, foreclosed on millions of defaulting borrowers, often at the expense of first lien creditors who would have preferred making loan modifications ✔ And they argued that governments should tighten their budgets even though inflation-adjusted interest rates were at the lowest levels in generations



Brazil's right-wing candidate speaks from hospital bed after stabbing

9/7/2018, 11:28:45 PM
Jair Bolsonaro said the attack was 'like a punch in the pit of my stomach' and said he suffered 'unbearable' pain when he was targeted during a rally in Brazil. ✔ A right-wing candidate for President of Brazil has spoken from his hospital bed after he was stabbed by a 'socialist' attacker and lost 40 per cent of his blood ✔ He also promises to confront a surge in crime, in part by giving police a freer hand to shoot and kill while on duty



The day the Queen hid in a bush to avoid Romania’s murderous dictator

9/7/2018, 9:44:11 PM
The Queen has had some atrocious guests to stay over the years, not least the brutal Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, who came to stay at Buckingham Palace in June 1978. ✔ There was an awkward moment towards the end of the 1961 tour of West Africa ✔ For one night only, Windsor Castle’s Waterloo Chamber officially became ‘The Music Room’ ✔ To order a copy for £20 (offer valid to 20/9/18; p&p free), visit www.mailshop.co.uk/books or call 0844 571 0640



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