Police fight war on child prostitution in DRC
10/8/2018, 1:25:11 PMAccording to this lawyer and human rights defender, the police do not respect the rights of these girls ✔ They mainly operate in bars, hotels and other night clubs ✔ Sometimes I go out, I can go clubbing, to relax, to dance, to drink, to This does not limit to do other things, one of the Victims said ✔ According to figures by the national HIV and Aids programme, about five percent of the population is infected
U.S. Reports Progress in North Korea Talks Following Pompeo Visit
10/8/2018, 1:21:55 PMSecretary of State Mike Pompeo met separately Sunday with the leaders of North and South Korea, citing progress on slow-moving denuclearization talks and on a second summit meeting between President Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un but reporting no apparent breakthrough. ✔ Mr. Pompeo later Sunday flew to Seoul, and he and Mr. Moon spoke briefly in front of reporters ahead of their meeting ✔ But the allies should only accept it in exchange for concrete denuclearization steps ✔ Appeared in the October 8, 2018, print edition as 'U.S
U.S. Puzzles Out ‘Peace Declaration’ (Not a ‘Treaty’) With North Korea
10/8/2018, 1:24:13 PMSecretary of State Mike Pompeo faces a question on his trip to Pyongyang and Seoul: Should the U.S. agree to a symbolic statement declaring the end of hostile relations on the Korean Peninsula? ✔ The outlines of a potential way forward were drawn in Singapore, where Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim signed a joint statement that embodied each side’s priorities ✔ But the sequence of steps to be taken next wasn’t spelled out, prompting each side to insist its priorities be addressed up front ✔ But the allies should only accept it in exchange for concrete denuclearization steps
Pompeo says North Korea ready to let inspectors into missile,...
10/8/2018, 1:49:58 PMU.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday North Korean leader Kim Jong ... ✔ In July, satellite imagery indicated the North has begun dismantling the engine test site in Tongchang-ri, but without allowing outsiders access for verification ✔ And the Stimson Centre’s 38 North said last week that no dismantling activity was spotted since Aug. 3 ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Wounded Syrian soldiers learn to live with war disabilities
10/8/2018, 1:37:54 PMDAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — In a Damascus hospital, Haidar Hussein lifts himself up, his hands holding on to a set of bars as he cautiously steps forward, showing off his new skills wa ✔ DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) In a Damascus hospital, Haidar Hussein lifts himself up, his hands holding on to a set of bars as he cautiously steps forward, showing off his new skills walking on artificial legs as his therapists cheer him on ✔ Khadijeh Ramadan was visiting one of her sons who was hit by an explosion during a fighting mission and now suffers from partial paralysis and lung problems
Pompeo Says 'Significant Progress' Made On North Korea Denuclearization Trip
10/8/2018, 1:40:26 PMHe's working to set up a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. ✔ Yeah, so we had a great, great visit this morning, Pompeo replied ✔ Moon said a second Trump-Kim summit could be accompanied by major diplomatic developments that could contribute to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and stabilizing peace ✔ Moon also said there was a possibility of Kim holding a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
President of Ukraine Bribed Istanbul Patriarch to Back False Church in Ukraine - Russia's #1 Anchor
10/8/2018, 1:27:10 PMThis article is republished from a new site about the Christian renaissance in Russia, called Russian Faith. Their introductory video is at end of this article. ✔ This article is republished from a new site about the Christian renaissance in Russia, called Russian Faith ✔ Here are two recent lengthy segments devoted to the subject from Russia's leading news program ✔ Clearly, Poroshenko is sponsoring another bloody coup in Ukraine, but, this time, a religious one
Bangladesh sets death penalty for drug offences in draft law
10/8/2018, 1:49:52 PMBangladesh's cabinet on Monday approved a draft law prescribing the death p... ✔ Bangladesh has said an influx last year of Rohingya fleeing Buddhist-majority Myanmar is partly to blame for soaring methamphetamine use ✔ But many Rohingya say their young people are being pushed into crime because they cannot legally work or, in many cases, receive aid ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Mexican troops are in the streets to fight the drug war, and the country's defense chief says legalization may be 'a way out'
10/8/2018, 1:37:23 PMMexico's defense minister said Friday that legalization could be a solution to the country's drug-related violence, and his comments are the first of their kind from a high-ranking military official. ✔ Mexico's defense minister said Friday that legalization could be a solution to the problem of drug-related violence in the country's southwest ✔ Mexico is the world's third-largest producer of opium and a major transshipment zone for cocaine ✔ I'm delighted that a different way of dealing with the poppy is finally going to be explored
PETER OBORNE sees effects of changing temperatures in Bangladesh
10/8/2018, 1:42:06 PMPeter Oborne took a boat through the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world. Fishermen told him they have to lift their homes with plinths in order to cope with higher tides. ✔ Today the world's leading scientists release their latest study on the state of the earth's climate ✔ The report, by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, looks at how global temperatures can be kept below 1.5C ✔ But they complain it's getting too salty even for shrimp
IMF: the fight to woo a sceptical US over funding
10/8/2018, 1:24:49 PMundefined ✔ Signs of trouble in emerging markets and even in advanced economies such as Italy where the new government is bent on defying EU rules on fiscal discipline, triggering a sell-off in the country’s debt have not been enough to create a sense of urgency around the issue
Russian Peace Efforts Outmaneuver the US in Southern Syria
10/8/2018, 1:27:07 PMThe reconciliation process initiated by the Russians in Syria has saved countless lives of soldiers, civilians and even jihadists. It also preserved SAA fighting strength, brought a lot of Syrian territory back under the control of Damascus. It brought former jihadists back into the fight on the side of the SAA. ✔ A list of refugees wanting to engage in the reconciliation process is being prepared ✔ Many of those not reconciling with Damascus will be shipped north to join the al-Qaryatayn Martyrs Brigade and their families ✔ At Israel’s behest, we are blocking the Teheran-Baghdad-Damascus highway
Trade war tensions surface as Pompeo lands in China
10/8/2018, 1:34:24 PM'We believe this has been a direct attack on our mutual trust, and has cast a shadow on China-US relations,' says Beijing's foreign minister ✔ On 22 August, 27 unaccompanied minors were let off from the ship, assisted by Red Cross, UNHCR and Save the Children EPA 44/50 25 August 2018 Rohingya refugees during a protest march after attending a ceremony to remember the first anniversary of a military crackdown that prompted a massive exodus of people from Myanmar to Bangladesh, at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia AFP/Getty 45/50 24 August 2018 US President Donald Trump sits with children during a tour of Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio AFP/Getty 46/50 23 August 2018 Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia EPA 47/50 22 August 2018 High waves hit Jeju Island, South Korea, as powerful Typhoon Soulik gradually approaches the Korean Peninsula EPA 48/50 21 August 2018 A Palestinian man throws his child in the air following morning prayers marking the first day of Eid al-Adha celebrations on the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem's Old City
Five new Ebola cases confirmed in eastern Congo - health ministry
10/8/2018, 2:20:07 PMThe current epidemic in Congo’s North Kivu and Ituri provinces has seen 140 confirmed cases since July, 108 of whom have died ✔ The fight against Ebola has advanced more in recent years since it was discovered near the Congo River in 1976, but rumours, misinformation and a preference for traditional medical practices have hampered the roll-out of effective treatments during the current outbreak ✔ We are very concerned about the potential for the virus to spread into Uganda, but also into Rwanda, South Sudan and Burundi, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday
Shinzo Abe meets with Mike Pompeo in Tokyo to confirm shared policy on North Korea by Japan, U.S.
10/8/2018, 1:46:42 PMPrime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirm the two nations’ shared policy on North Korea before Pompeo travels to Pyongyang for denuclearization talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. ✔ It will be Biegun’s first visit to North Korea since assuming the post in August, while Pompeo is making his fourth trip there ✔ In New York in late September, Pompeo and North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho agreed that the secretary of state would visit Pyongyang to prepare for the second Trump-Kim summit
European commission urges Bulgaria to find journalist's killers
10/8/2018, 1:38:36 PMViktoria Marinova was murdered in fight for truth, says Frans Timmermans ✔ Physical attacks and death threats against journalists by criminal groups are especially common in Bulgaria, said Reporters Without Borders, which compiles the World Press Freedom index ✔ I urge them to swiftly identify and bring to justice those responsible and to clearly determine whether this attack was linked to her work, he said
Trump’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad National Security Team
10/8/2018, 1:27:13 PMGareth Porter paints a dismal picture. Time and again, President Donald Trump indicates he wants to do the right thing: get out Afghanistan, get out of Syria, get out of South Korea. Every time, his national security team – the people he appointed – sends him to “the tank” and hotboxes him with all the reasons he’s wrong and why the US needs to “stay the course” in multiple wars and absurd deployments. ✔ He asserted that Iran’s behavior is at root in the revolutionary nature of the regime itself – suggesting that no real change can be expected and that removal is the only remedy ✔ There isn’t anything remotely America First about any of this ✔ Things are going to get a lot worse before they get better – if ever
RAF destroys an ISIS target in Syria a day with Tornados and Reapers
10/8/2018, 1:35:59 PMThe Ministry of Defence (MoD) said it was the UK's busiest month over Syria since February, hitting targets of IS, also known as Daesh, at a rate of more than one per day. ✔ 12 September – a Reaper killed several terrorists in combat in eastern Syria 14 September – Tornados struck a building in eastern Syria where suicide bombers were based ✔ Tornado Speed: 1386 mph Length: 56ft Wingspan: 46ft Maximum take-off weight: 61,600lbs Engines: Rolls Royle RB 199 Weapons include: Paveway II, III and IV series GPS/laser-guided bombs, Brimstone air-to-ground missiles, Storm Shadow cruise missiles
World War 3: Putin is more dangerous than Stalin or Khrushchev
10/8/2018, 2:03:57 PMVladimir Putin is “potentially more dangerous” to the West than an enraged, unstable Stalin in his final months of life or a nuclear-brandishing Khrushchev during the Cuban crisis, according to a leading Russian commentator. Respected political analyst Andrey Piontkovsky gives a deeply alarming view of a lurch towards a new world war. ✔ He warned: Putin is also dangerous because despite his boasting, his hybrid crusade of the ‘Russian World’ against the West is based on the deepest inferiority complex - and on an understanding that Russia cannot compete with the West in anything substantial, including in the military sphere
The next Congress needs to take its war powers back
10/8/2018, 1:20:11 PMThe Founding Fathers did not intend for the executive branch to have the expansive war powers it has today. ✔ The American political environment is as polarized as it has been in recent memory ✔ When the Syrian government reportedly used chemical weapons in 2017 and 2018, President Trump retaliated with cruise missile strikes ✔ Ro Khanna of California on the Democratic side, and Sen
Nearly Every Recent US President Has Damaged His Legacy With a Middle Eastern War. Trump Is Next
10/8/2018, 1:27:16 PMThe shadowy figures of Kurdish fighters can be just made out on film as they ambush and kill three pro-Turkish fighters in a night time attack in Afrin in northern Syria. The Kurdish enclave was invaded and occupied by the Turkish army and their Syrian armed opposition allies earlier in the year. Sporadic guerrilla warfare has been going on ever since. ✔ The shadowy figures of Kurdish fighters can be just made out on film as they ambush and kill three pro-Turkish fighters in a night time attack in Afrin in northern Syria ✔ The US can only stay in this part of Syria in alliance with the Syrian Kurds, whose de facto state, which they call Rojava, Turkey is pledged to eliminate
RAF bombard ISIS command posts in Syria as 'last pockets of fighters' surrounded
10/8/2018, 1:44:10 PMROYAL Air Force airstrikes have obliterated a significant number of ISIS command posts, tunnel networks and weapons in Syria, putting the terrorist group on the brink of complete annihilation. ✔ GETTY AIR POWER: A Tornado GR4 aircraft takes off from Royal Air Force (RAF) Marham (Pic: GETTY) We will work tirelessly to stamp them out UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said: The fight against Daesh (IS) is by no means over and we must continue to stand up for our people and our partners, to ensure their abhorrent and poisonous ideology does not spread to our streets
Russia's Air Defense Deliveries to Syria Are Not Enough for a Full No-Fly Zone
10/8/2018, 1:27:06 PMThis week Russian officials declared that the delivery of S-300s for Syria was completed and that this first batch included 49 pieces of “military equipment”, including radars, control vehicles and four launchers. Russian officials added that, if needed, this figure could be increased to 8-12 launchers. Defense Minister Shoigu added that “the measures we will take will be devoted to ensure 100 percent safety and security of our men in Syria, and we will do this”. This leaves a lot of unanswered questions. ✔ If the Israelis conclude that the Syrians now have S-300V4′s, they will have to dramatically decrease their air operations in Syria and will switch to tactical (ground to ground) ballistic missiles and long range artillery systems ✔ They did what they always do: they doubled down and accused all their critics of antisemitism
Repatriation program reveals Koreans' plight in Japan
10/8/2018, 1:46:41 PMIn August, five North Korean defectors residing in Japan filed a lawsuit in Tokyo District Court charging Pyongyang with human rights abuses. The plaintiff ✔ In August, five North Korean defectors residing in Japan filed a lawsuit in Tokyo District Court charging Pyongyang with human rights abuses ✔ Her father ran a lumber yard, which failed after the war so the family couldn’t afford to send her brother to high school
Faked concern: Haley & corporate media bleating about Idlib civilians, ignore terrorists’ presence
10/8/2018, 1:44:25 PMNikki Haley, the hypocritical US Ambassador to the UN, mistakenly thinks she can dictate – from New York City, far from the terrorists which her country supports – that the Syrian army cannot fight and eradicate al-Qaeda in Idlib. ✔ On September 11, I went to Mhardeh, a town in northern Hama, where 13 civilians were killed by terrorists missiles targeting the town on September 7 ✔ The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT
Trump set to shuffle top generals
10/8/2018, 1:34:50 PMAs President Donald Trump grapples with a number of huge foreign policy challenges over the coming months, he is going to have to make some key decisions on the generals who advise him and lead the US military. ✔ Defense Secretary James Mattis is playing a central role in making recommendations for nominations that will have to be confirmed by the Senate ✔ David Goldfein, the current Chief of Staff of the Air Force, could be a frontrunner for nomination to the top job ✔ CORRECTION: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Wolters' name
Kim Jong Un is taking his time
10/8/2018, 1:34:37 PMIn her presidential weekly briefing, Samantha Vinograd writes that North Korea is stringing Trump along. Kim knows that dragging negotiations out as long as possible works to his advantage -- there hasn't been a freeze on his nuclear weapon proliferation activities ✔ MUST WATCH What to expect from Pompeo's Asia trip 03:18 Samantha Vinograd is a CNN National Security Analyst ✔ China will probably respond to you in other ways, too, just as a reminder that they can ✔ Targeted sanctions may be the one way to really get Putin's attention
Jamal Khashoggi is a victim of brutal Middle East politics
10/8/2018, 2:41:51 PMThe disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi after he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last week remains a mystery. ✔ The opinions expressed in this article belong to the author ✔ Both the Saudis and Emiratis want to see the Muslim Brotherhood crushed ✔ Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain imposed a blockade on Qatar in May 2017 ✔ Don't expect this drama to end amicably -- or soon
Why do countries want to buy the Russian S-400?
10/8/2018, 1:26:42 PMThe system is an upgrade to the S-300, which Syria recently purchased, with potential clients such as India and Turkey. ✔ But, potentially more harmful, there is the risk that Russia has ill intentions, Brand said ✔ What kind of contracts would be in place with Russian technicians taking care of the S-400, for example, would Russian maintenance personnel have access to [NATO] data ✔ ABOUT THE AUTHOR Yarno Ritzen Interactive producer @ YarnoRitzen
Chicago police officer found guilty of murder over fatal shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald
10/8/2018, 1:34:47 PM'Justice for Laquan! Justice for Laquan!' demonstrators chanted in Chicago following the verdict's announcement ✔ Dozens of elderly and frail South Koreans met their Northern relatives for the first time since the peninsula and their families were divided by war nearly seven decades ago AFP/Getty 50/50 19 August 2018 The flag of the United Nations flying at half-mast to mark the death of former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, at the European headquarters in Geneva
Opinion: As Isis is defeated, the Trump administration is opening the door to a new round of Middle East wars by targeting Iran as the source of all evil
10/8/2018, 1:34:44 PMThe exaggeration of ‘the Iranian threat’ by the Trump administration this week at the UN General Assembly in New York was very like what was being said by Bush and Blair about Iraq fifteen years ago ✔ The shadowy figures of Kurdish fighters can be just made out on film as they ambush and kill three pro-Turkish fighters in a night time attack in Afrin in northern Syria ✔ He said he'd send his foreign minister to negotiate with countries remaining in the nuclear deal after Trump's decision to pull America from the deal, warning he otherwise would restart enriching uranium in the next weeks
The awful disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi
10/8/2018, 1:35:24 PMPeter Bergen writes that the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi dissident and writer, has been blamed on the increasingly totalitarian regime in his country and the Saudis haven't been able to offer a convincing explanation of what happened. ✔ MUST WATCH Jamal Khashoggi's editor speaks out 07:42 Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University ✔ Reliance upon God is the main source of our strength
Korea, Japan, US offer different views of USFK
10/8/2018, 1:42:31 PMundefined ✔ United States Forces Korea (USFK) Commander Vincent Brooks shakes hands with President Moon Jae-in in while participating in an event to commemorate the 70th Armed Forces Day, Oct. 1, in Seoul ✔ South Korea is in a position that the USFK withdrawal will never turn into reality at least for the time being
China bans US warship from docking in Hong Kong amid heightening tensions
10/8/2018, 1:34:48 PMDiplomatic feud escalates following tariffs and sanctions imposed by Washington on Beijing ✔ The vessel arrived with 177 migrants on board, but the Italian Interior Ministry denied them to disembark, calling EU member states to find a solution on how to distribute them ✔ At a meeting with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the United Nations, Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi said: China and the United States can have competition, but should not use a Cold War mentality to view each other, and nor should they slip into the trap of a zero-sum game
'The reckonings of Kavanaugh and Rosenstein could decide the fate of President Trump'
10/8/2018, 1:35:39 PMA presidential candidate was once 'falsely acquired' of asserting his inalienable human right to grab women by their genitals – so it's natural that Donald Trump empathises with Brett Kavanaugh ✔ Even by its own standards in the arena of justice, Thursday has the makings of such a lively day in Trumpland ✔ Indians all over the country celebrate Gandhi's birthday on October 2 AFP/Getty 8/50 30 September 2018 An Albanian man casts his vote at a polling station in the village of Zajas on September 30, 2018, for a referendum to re-name the country
Stricter US screening splits anguished refugee families
10/8/2018, 1:37:38 PMWASHINGTON (AP) — Death threats drove Hadi Mohammed out of Iraq and to a small apartment in Nebraska, where he and his two young sons managed to settle as refugees. But the danger ✔ The Department of Homeland Security has made it harder to enter the U.S. entirely, with more rigorous interviews and background checks ✔ But the danger hasn’t been enough to allow his wife to join them ✔ But the danger hasn’t been enough to allow his wife to join them
Why cyber attack is the biggest risk for energy companies
10/8/2018, 1:26:19 PMundefined ✔ Companies can become victims because they operate key infrastructure in disputed areas or simply because their systems are linked to networks in a country under political attack ✔ The risks are high, but the danger is unlikely to be widely appreciated until a full-scale attack has taken place
Here are this year's 25 Macarthur 'Genius' Grant fellows
10/8/2018, 1:34:57 PMThe fellows include leaders in art, science, and the humanities ✔ AFP/Getty/Reuters 4/50 4 October 2018 Dutch security services expel Russian spies over plot targeting chemical weapons watchdog ✔ Raj Jayadev , 43, is a community organiser with Silicon Valley De-Bug in San Jose, California ✔ Ken Ward Jr , 50, is an investigative journalist with the Charleston Gazette-Mail in Charleston, West Virginia
Missing ex-Interpol president is under investigation for bribery and 'wilfulness', China says
10/8/2018, 1:34:26 PMPublic security vice-minister detained after 'bringing trouble upon himself', Beijing says ✔ Dozens of elderly and frail South Koreans met their Northern relatives for the first time since the peninsula and their families were divided by war nearly seven decades ago AFP/Getty 50/50 19 August 2018 The flag of the United Nations flying at half-mast to mark the death of former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, at the European headquarters in Geneva
Trump claims he ‘meant to be laughed at’ by world leaders at UN General Assembly
10/8/2018, 1:36:03 PMMr Trump had claimed in his speech that his administration had accomplished more in its first two years than nearly any other in American history ✔ The far-right congressman, who waxes nostalgically about the dictatorship, won the vote but not an outright victory ✔ The second-round-run-off will be between Bolsoanro and the leftist Workers' party Fernando Haddad AP 2/50 6 October 2018 Demonstrators hold a banner that reads freedom of the press, not allowed to be trampled and shame on the governments vindictive move past a symbolic 'political red line' during a protest after Hong Kong immigration authorities declined a visa renewal for senior Financial Times journalist Victor Mallet, outside the immigration department building in Hong Kong ✔ We need a truly great leader, a genius at strategy and winning
CNN White House correspondent 'regrets' tweeting anti-gay slurs in college
10/8/2018, 2:46:40 PM'It was immature but it doesn't represent the way I feel at all' ✔ It was the first time Rouhani had been summoned by parliament in his five years in power, with MPs demanding answers on unemployment, rising prices and the collapsing value of the rial, which has lost more than half its value since April AFP/Getty 42/50 27 August 2018 A police officer walks by the front of a Chicago Pizza and GLHF Game Bar at the scene of fatal shooting at The Jacksonville Landing
US professor suggests all men should commit sexual assault in ‘test of free speech’ blog post
10/8/2018, 1:34:36 PMMitchell Langbert says blog was intended to start debate about free speech on college campuses ✔ Kofi Annan died on 18 August, aged 80 EPA 1/50 7 October 2018 Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, presidential candidate with the Social Liberal Party, celebrate in front of his house during the general elections in Rio ✔ Michelle J Anderson, president of Brooklyn College, stood silently on the side as she observed the protest on Thursday, and promised to hold a forum about the controversy next week
Democrats rise in the polls amid Brett Kavanaugh scandal
10/8/2018, 1:35:37 PMDemocrats see a rise in support just two months ahead of the midterm elections ✔ Eid al-Adha is the holiest of the two Muslims holidays celebrated each year, it marks the yearly Muslim pilgrimage (Hajj) to visit Mecca, the holiest place in Islam ✔ The survey was conducted between Friday and Saturday, with 1,000 respondents and a sampling margin of error of 3.1 per cent
Why some states are replacing Columbus Day
10/8/2018, 1:50:07 PMThe holiday has been made in reaction to the atrocities carried out by Columbus and European settlers against Native American people in the Americas ✔ Here’s what you need to know about the renamed holiday ✔ The far-right congressman, who waxes nostalgically about the dictatorship, won the vote but not an outright victory ✔ Since then, the movement has grown and includes cities in states across the union from New York to Oklahoma and Washington State
Los Angeles typhus outbreak reaches ‘epidemic levels'
10/8/2018, 2:25:08 PMTyphus is caused by flea bites ✔ Muslims slaughter a sacrificial animal and split the meat into three parts, one for the family, one for friends and relatives, and one for the poor and needy Reuters 49/50 20 August 2018 South Korean Lee Keum-seom, 92, meets with her North Korean son Ri Sung Chol, 71, during a separated family reunion meeting at the Mount Kumgang resort on the North's southeastern coast
Body of father suspected of horrific abuse found after infant daughter’s death
10/8/2018, 3:34:01 PMThe man's estranged wife is in jail on charges of abuse ✔ Muslims slaughter a sacrificial animal and split the meat into three parts, one for the family, one for friends and relatives, and one for the poor and needy Reuters 49/50 20 August 2018 South Korean Lee Keum-seom, 92, meets with her North Korean son Ri Sung Chol, 71, during a separated family reunion meeting at the Mount Kumgang resort on the North's southeastern coast
Pompeo visit fails to bridge gap on denuclearization
10/8/2018, 1:20:34 PMA second Trump-Kim summit is promised, but no details emerge ✔ A South Korean soldier stands guard along the Demilitarized Zone ✔ A daunting divide still appears to separate Washington and Pyongyang on carrying out Kim's stated commitment to denuclearization ✔ With the Trump administration firm about maintaining pressure, Choe's trip appears meant as a message to the U.S. that North Korea has other friends
For Leverage Against U.S., North Korea’s Kim Seeks Help From Old Friends
10/8/2018, 1:23:26 PMSouth Korea’s president said he expects North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to meet with the leaders of Russia and China soon, as Pyongyang turns to two old backers ahead of a possible second summit with President Trump. ✔ So far I cannot give you any specific information on this matter, Mr. Peskov told reporters on a conference call ✔ As the Soviet Union collapsed, the economic assistance dried up ✔ Having Putin and Xi Jinping on your side will mean something in talks with Trump
On the frontline of the Democrats' heartland battle to seize control of congress
10/8/2018, 1:36:00 PMThis 2016 rematch is one of most closely run races in the country ✔ It would be an understatement of many degrees to say Angie Craig was disappointed when she lost her 2016 bid for Minnesota’s 2nd congressional district ✔ Russia's transportation minister says a supervisor at the airport died during the emergency response after a landing airliner careered off the end of the runway, into a riverbed and caught fire
Kim Jong-un expresses belief in 'good program' for 2nd summit with Trump: KCNA
10/8/2018, 1:43:38 PMundefined ✔ It added that there was an agreement to hold working-level talks to arrange a second summit between Kim and Trump ✔ Pompeo also discussed additional denuclearization steps that the reclusive regime can take, as well as Washington's monitoring of the verification process and corresponding measures, according to the presidential office
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