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Russia Tames Spoiled Israel in Syria

10/2/2018, 12:17:58 PM
Russia’s unexpected decision to supply Syria with S-300 surface-to-air missile systems and to integrate Syria’s air defence within the Russian command calls for a quick reassessment of our views. It turned out that Russia is able to learn and respond in an unanticipated way. Yes, in the immediate aftermath of the Il-20 downing, the Russian reaction had been weak. The Russians agreed with Israelis that the plane had been hit by a Syrian S-200 missile. ✔ The hot heads said Israel is not worried by S-300; they know how to deal with it, and if necessary, Israeli commandos will come and sabotage the system just in time for a massive air attack by Israeli bombers ✔ Will they convince Putin to postpone his decision like they did in April, and a few years ago


Number of U.S. diplomats doubled in Syria as Islamic State nears...

10/2/2018, 3:05:19 PM
The number of U.S. diplomats in Syria has doubled as Islamic State fighters near... ✔ Raqqa served as the de facto capital of Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate until it was retaken by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia alliance last October ✔ In June, the SDF imposed a three-day curfew in Raqqa and declared a state of emergency, saying Islamic State militants had infiltrated the city and were planning a bombing campaign ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Lennox Lewis reveals Vitali Klitschko almost knocked him OUT in iconic heavyweight fight

10/2/2018, 2:26:40 PM
LENNOX LEWIS has recalled how Vitali Klitschko nearly knocked him out in their iconic fight. ✔ The two Hall of Famers contested one of the most memorable heavyweight clashes in history on June 21, 2003 ✔ One particular right hook connected with brutal precision on the face of the Brit ✔ You can see this moment where I shook Lewis three times, Klitschko, 47, said of the second round


Don McCullin's landscape photography – in pictures

10/2/2018, 1:34:21 PM
The veteran war photographer has turned his lens to more peaceful scenes in recent years and for his latest book, The Landscape. The images carry a dramatic feel and a preference for stormy skies that reveal an intimacy with conflict and destruction ✔ Destruction of the Monumental Arch, Palmyra, Syria, 2018 Photograph: Don McCullin Elephant festival, Gandak River, India, 1991 Photograph: Don McCullin From my bedroom, Finsbury Park, London, 1960-62 Photograph: Don McCullin Evening in my village, Somerset, 2008 Photograph: Don McCullin Hadrian’s Wall, Northumberland, 2008 Photograph: Don McCullin Stonehenge, 2007 Photograph: Don McCullin


After 65 years of 'armistice', it's about time to end the Korean War

10/2/2018, 2:26:47 PM
President Trump's best chance at lasting peace and North Korean denuclearization is a formal declaraction to the end of the Korean War, write Frank Aum and S. Nathan Park. ✔ As a nonbinding political measure, a declaration would not require lengthy, complicated negotiations like a peace treaty ✔ Since then, a commitment to diplomacy by all the countries involved has created a chance for lasting peace ✔ The two allied leaders should have the courage to trust the strength of the alliance and boldly pursue peace


Syrian Rebels Start to Withdraw Heavy Weapons from Planned Demilitarzsed Zone

10/2/2018, 3:13:21 PM
Rebel groups in Syria began to withdraw their heavy weapons from a planned demilitarized zone in the country’s last opposition stronghold, but confusion over its implementation threatens to derail it ahead of a looming deadline. ✔ Syrians arrive at the Abu Duhur crossing on the eastern edge of Idlib province ✔ Idlib is home to an estimated three million people, many of whom are civilians that were displaced from elsewhere in Syria during the more than seven-year civil war ✔ It’s also a base for tens of thousands of moderate rebel fighters supported by Turkey, while containing an estimated 10,000 fighters from groups that Russia, Turkey and the U.S. all consider terrorists


Bristol Palin’s Ex Dakota Meyer Speaks Out: 'This Relationship Was Done Way Before Teen Mom OG'

10/2/2018, 3:15:08 PM
The military veteran tells PEOPLE that joining the MTV series had nothing to do with the couple's divorce, which they finalized this summer ✔ (The former U.S. Marine was the only surviving member of his platoon during the war in Afghanistan.) RELATED:  Teen Mom OG  Returns as Bristol Palin Struggles with Husband Dakota Meyer’s PTSD from Afghanistan I’ll take the responsibility for that, Meyer says of the fight


Did Boris Johnson make a bid for Number 10 at today? Body language expert reveals all

10/2/2018, 2:37:53 PM
BORIS JOHNSON, 54, made a speech at the Conservative Party Conference today. Is he making a bid to be Prime Minister? What does a body language expert say? ✔ Boris Johnson’s speech at the Conservative Conference today attacked Theresa May’s Brexit plan ✔ She said: The words were clearly aimed directly at the hearts and stomachs of the war-weary and victory-thirsty Brexiteers who cheered and whooped every single soundbite


Violence leaves lasting marks among Rio victims' families

10/2/2018, 12:23:22 PM
On the morning of April 8, 12-year-old Eduarda Lopes watched as her mother, Vald... ✔ Rio de Janeiro state registered over 4,500 murders during the first eight months of 2018, up 6 percent compared with the same period in 2017 ✔ Slideshow (15 Images) I’m still not alright ✔ (For photo essay please click on reut.rs/2zBT1Xd) Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Death of Apple executive Vivek Tiwari causes uproar in Lucknow

10/2/2018, 2:52:07 PM
Rights campaigners decry rise of police killings since right-wing Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath came to power. ✔ The People's Union of Civil Liberties says the number is much higher ✔ When the police is given a free hand for extrajudicial killings, then the result is a trigger-happy police force, retired police officer SR Darapuri in Lucknow tells Al Jazeera ✔ Follow Zeenat Saberin on Twitter @saberinze


Syrian refugee challenges therapy stigma

10/2/2018, 1:33:30 PM
Hana al-Ali broke a stigma when she opened up to a therapist about the strains s... ✔ More than half of them live in extreme poverty, and three quarters live below the poverty line, U.N ✔ Sarah Joe Chamate, the ICRC psychologist who helped Ali, said talking about mental health was often seen as a taboo ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Malaysia detains Hassan Al-Kontar after removing him from airport

10/2/2018, 3:19:51 PM
Al-Kontar, 37, had been living in Kuala Lumpur International Airport since March, after being denied entry to Cambodia. ✔ A group of Canadian volunteers filed a refugee sponsorship application to Canada on Al-Kontar's behalf ✔ The processing time for a refugee application to Canada is 23 months and there is no guarantee he will be accepted ✔ Al Kontar's Canadian lawyer Andrew Brouwer was unavailable for comment ✔ The Listening Post The fear and loathing of Syrian refugees in Lebanon


Analysis | The Finance 202: Labor reserves crucial judgment on NAFTA 2.0

10/2/2018, 12:28:30 PM
But unions and Democrats give points to Trump team for working with them. ✔ WSJ's Christopher Whittall and Akane Otani: U.S. stocks rose on the first day of the fourth quarter after the U.S. and Canada reached a last-minute deal late Sunday to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement ✔ BULL SESSION U.S. Army medic receives Medal of Honor for Afghanistan heroism: Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek tests moderating skills at Pennsylvania gubernatorial debate: Rains from Tropical Storm Rosa begin to soak the Southwestern U.S. and Mexico:


West Attacks Russia with Piketty's Overblown Claims About 'Oligarch' Wealth

10/2/2018, 2:19:29 PM
There is no love lost between the Russian people and the oligarchs. You just can’t erase from history the theft of the century when the 1990s oligarchs looted the country through sham privatizations staged by the liberal government. The press has done its best to imprint the memory of those years of robber capitalism on the Western public. It’s a scandalous memory all too easy to exploit and rehash for the purpose of vilifying Putin and “his cronies.” At the same time, everybody seems to have forgotten how the present ruling plutocrats of America made their capital a century earlier. ✔ The press has done its best to imprint the memory of those years of robber capitalism on the Western public ✔ Piketty’s colonial ideal model Obviously, the offshore wealth (i.e ✔ The Piketty research team is financed by the European Union, needless to say


Analysis | The Cybersecurity 202: Facebook disclosed a major hack very quickly. But the alert was short on details.

10/2/2018, 12:14:27 PM
That's the tradeoff as companies face pressure to disclose breaches sooner. ✔ (Cliff Owen/AP) PATCHED: The Energy Department on Monday announced awards of up to $28 million to help fund 11 cybersecurity research projects to strengthen the defenses of America's critical energy infrastructure , according to a news release from the department


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