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Details of death of Army nurse in Afghanistan

10/6/2018, 8:14:12 AM
In her last moments of life, Army nurse Capt. Jennifer Moreno heard two orders. ✔ A second enemy fighter died in those early blasts, too ✔ The bomb killed him and a military working dog named Jani ✔ At the same time, the battle’s ground commander told all of the soldiers to stay where they were ✔ ___ Information from: The News Tribune, https://www.thenewstribune.com


Venezuela forms Migration Force as thousands continue fleeing

10/6/2018, 10:13:13 AM
At least a million Venezuelans have fled amid ongoing crises which President Maduro blames an 'economic war' for. ✔ She added that the specialised force would reinforce the existing controls at ports, airports and border crossings ✔ In Friday's speech, Rodriguez poured bile on Colombia, saying Venezuela was a victim of a campaign of falsehoods to justifying something that will never happen, an international intervention ✔ In the Field Venezuela's exodus: Forced to flee


Pompeo pledges to coordinate with Japan in North Korea talks

10/6/2018, 10:23:06 AM
US to also raise abduction issue during Pyongyang meeting with Kim ✔ U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Abe's office in Tokyo on Oct. 6 ✔ Tokyo also insists that North Korea give a full accounting of Japanese citizens it abducted to train as spies and return any who are still alive before it agrees to normalize ties


Pompeo, on eve of fourth North Korea visit, seeks allied unity on denuke effort

10/6/2018, 11:59:45 AM
Pompeo's diplomatic offensive comes as President Trump presses to meet with Kim Jong Un for a second time ✔ Pompeo has repeatedly refused to discuss details of negotiations, including a U.S. position on North Korea's demand for a declared end to the Korean War and a proposal from Seoul for such a declaration to be accompanied by a shutdown of its main known nuclear facility


What football team does Khabib Nurmagomedov support, and where does he live?

10/6/2018, 10:45:39 AM
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV is defending his recently won UFC Lightweight Championship for the first time as he faces off against fan favourite Conor McGregor. And with the fight just one day away, we take… ✔ He also relayed an anecdote about the time he was given tickets to a match between Lokomotiv Moscow and Anzhi by a friend of his who played for the former team, but told him that even though he was sat in the VIP zone he would cheer for the visitors ✔ The city of Makhachkala has faced troubles ever since the end of the Second Chechen War from 1999 to 2009 due to its proximity to Chechnya


Pompeo in Japan to discuss N Korea en route to Pyongyang

10/6/2018, 10:50:15 AM
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday to make sure the two allies are on the same page before Pompeo travels to North Korea, where he'll be under pressure to push Pyongyang toward giving up its nuclear weapons. Pompeo's diplomatic offensive in… ✔ and how we can deliver against the commitments that were made in Singapore ✔ He said they would develop options, if not finalize, the location and timing of a second Trump-Kim summit ✔ This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


Malaysia arrests 8 suspected militants, 7 of them foreigners

10/6/2018, 9:12:03 AM
KUALA LUMPUR--Malaysian police said Saturday that eight suspected militants, including seven foreign ✔ The Middle Eastern man, a former teacher at the Perlis center, was picked up in Kuala Lumpur for conducting unlawful Islamic classes to spread Salafi Jihadi teachings, he said ✔ Hundreds of people suspected of having ties to IS have been detained in Malaysia in the past few years


Nobel peace prize winner calls on Congolese government to quit

10/6/2018, 8:33:11 AM
Dr Denis Mukwege hits out at violence and failure to protect women in his home country ✔ The December elections do not seem credible or transparent … it’s a parody of an election ✔ Despite the efforts of Mukwege’s Panzi hospital and charity and others to treat the thousands of survivors, fight for justice and help them reintegrate in a society that stigmatises those who have been raped, the situation in the Kivus is getting worse


How Facebook polarized us during the Kavanaugh hearings

10/6/2018, 10:12:37 AM
How the News Feed and Groups can push Americans in opposite directions ✔ Whatever Facebook’s intent was, from my perspective, it has backfired on them completely, he says ✔ But behind the scenes, she was sending legal threats to the very journalists she was working with ✔ Talk to me Send me tips, comments, questions, and weekend plans: casey@theverge.com


Black 47: James Frecheville admits 'huge responsibility' of portraying Irish famine

10/6/2018, 9:06:56 AM
BLACK 47 star James Frecheville spoke exclusively to Express.co.uk about the "huge responsibility" of his latest role in a film that addresses one of the most traumatic periods of Ireland's history. ✔ Despite the fictitious events personal to the Feeny clan, the events of the famine are wholly true, which wasn't lost on Frecheville: The story is so devastating and one not fully understood today ✔ There was a lot of responsibility to tell this story, Frecheville acknowledged ✔ Black 47 is out in UK cinemas from September 28, 2018


Can President-elect Lopez Obrador pull Mexico out of slumber?

10/6/2018, 10:34:21 AM
After decades of stagnation, corruption and deadly dependency on the United States, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is considered by many ordinary people, as well as by intellectuals, to be the last chance for Mexico. ✔ Few years ago, the government sent some people to help to fix our houses, but they never came back again ✔ Share it with a friend! The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT


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