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Kim Jong-un invites Pope Francis to North Korea

10/9/2018, 11:51:23 AM
South Korea will deliver the invitation when President Moon Jae-in visits the Vatican this month ✔ North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has invited Pope Francis to visit Pyongyang, saying the religious figure would be ardently welcomed ✔ 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



Suicide bomber kills eight at Afghan election rally: official

10/9/2018, 11:32:51 AM
A suspected suicide bomb attack at an election rally in southern Afghanistan on ... ✔ The Taliban has ramped up attacks in strategic provinces ahead of the parliamentary polls set for Oct.20, and on Monday directed Afghans to boycott voting, while demanding a complete withdrawal of foreign forces as the only way to end the 17-year-old war ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Pompeo hails 'significant' North Korea progress; experts skeptical

10/9/2018, 11:49:31 AM
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday hailed "significant progress&... ✔ Moon also said the North would permanently dismantle Sohae missile engine testing site in the presence of experts from concerned countries ✔ North Korea has offered conditionally to close the site, but has not made a public comment on its inspection.) Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



West Ham star Yarmolenko offers commentator out for a fight after criticism

10/9/2018, 10:16:32 AM
The Ukraine international isn't happy with some of the remarks made on air in his homeland ✔ The 6ft 2ins midfielder has had an indifferent start to his Hammers career, scoring twice in eight appearances as he adjusts to life in the Premier League ✔ Read More Mirror Football's Top Stories Ballon d'Or shortlist revealed Inside story on Jadon Sancho Stan Collymore's Team of the Week BIG DEBATE Are Arsenal title contenders



South Korea will resume work with North Korea to compile common dictionary

10/9/2018, 8:07:45 AM
undefined ✔ The 70 years of division is changing the meaning and use of Korean words in the South and the North ✔ The last regular meeting was held in Dalian, China, in December 2015 ✔ The program was suspended in 2016 after a spate of nuclear and missile tests by the North



U.S. adviser on Afghanistan holds talks with Pakistan

10/9/2018, 10:46:49 AM
U.S. adviser on Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad held talks in Islamabad on Tuesday ... ✔ Pakistan’s cooperation in the peace process is believed to be key to its success ✔ The Afghan-born former ambassador’s knowledge of the country’s main languages, culture and politics could help him engage with all stakeholders in the peace process, besides his experience advising or working for four U.S. administrations ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Syria's Assad offers amnesty to army deserters

10/9/2018, 10:27:21 AM
The amnesty offer however, does not cover those who fought against the government or joined rebels during the civil war. ✔ Many soldiers deserted, some to join the rebels and others to escape the fighting ✔ The flashpoint in Syria is now the country's northwestern province of Idlib, the last remaining stronghold of rebels ✔ Speaking in Beirut in August, UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi said refugees were concerned about conscription, as well as other issues such as the lack of infrastructure



How Sri Lanka’s magical 1996 cocktail paved the way for Morgan’s men | The Spin

10/9/2018, 11:49:17 AM
Echoes of Arjuna Ranatunga’s World Cup-winning blueprint – potent spinners, pinch-hitting openers, bucket loads of confidence – can be seen in the England ODI side today ✔ As Telford Vice memorably wrote: It marks the spot on the map of cricket’s journey through history where East looked West in the eye and did not blink ✔ Now they have attacking openers, a powerful middle order, talented late-order hitting, good spinners and no fear – Ranatunga’s 1996 manual still proving its worth today



James Franco accused of assault by Freaks and Geeks actor Busy Philipps

10/9/2018, 11:51:09 AM
'He threw me to the ground. Flat on my back. Wind knocked out of me' ✔ 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 50/50 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



Analysis | 2018 has been a brutal year for journalists, and it keeps getting worse

10/9/2018, 10:30:38 AM
At least 43 reporters have been killed this year simply for doing their jobs. ✔ Members of the Turkish-Arab Journalists' Association hold posters with photos of missing Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi during a protest near the Saudi consulate in Istanbul ✔ Fifteen other journalists have also been killed, though their deaths have not been officially linked to their work



The IMF is becoming more pessimistic about the world economy

10/9/2018, 9:39:09 AM
Economists issue warning that more trade barriers will make consumer goods more expensive, harming low-income households disproportionately ✔ 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 43/50 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



With the midterm election a month away, Trump seeks to keep Republican anger high - Los Angeles Times

10/9/2018, 10:13:07 AM
With the midterm election now four weeks away and the fight over Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation receding into the past, President Trump and his party have embarked on an effort to keep conservative anger fresh, even at the potential cost of further alienating some women voters. ✔ With the midterm election now four weeks away and the fight over Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation receding into the past, President Trump and his party have embarked on an effort to keep conservative anger fresh, even at the potential cost of further alienating some women voters ✔ In other words, both favorable and unfavorable views increased, he wrote in an email



It's the Ukrainian Nationalists Who Are the Real Separatists

10/9/2018, 11:56:20 AM
Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard at Stalker Zone ✔ And I don’t even know whether I am doing the right thing by speaking about it ✔ Meanwhile on October 4th, 2018 the Rada adopted at the first reading the bill that received the name  Law on total Ukrainization  and prolonged the non-functioning since 2014 law  On a Special Order of Local Self-Government in Certain districts of the Donetsk and Lugansk Regions  …



Taliban claims deadly attack on Afghan security forces

10/9/2018, 8:37:43 AM
Police chief in northern Afghan province says 12 of his own killed along with 30 militants in failed Taliban bid to seize district ✔ mission in Afghanistan said civilian deaths from suicide bombings rose 46 percent in the first nine months of this year from the same period last year and that deaths from roadside bombs were up 21 percent ✔ said that in the first nine months of this year it has documented more casualties from attacks on Shiites than in the whole of 2017



'Anti-corruption policies improving transparency in Korea'

10/9/2018, 10:04:25 AM
undefined ✔ ACRC chairperson Park Eun-jeong answers questions during a recent interview at the anti-corruption agency's office in downtown Seoul ✔ The Korean business community, which is connected to the Korean traditions of gift-giving and guest hosting, is welcoming the new act



Post publishes possibly last image of missing Saudi reporter

10/9/2018, 9:24:30 AM
CCTV footage shows Jamal Khashoggi, 59, entering the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey on Tuesday afternoon, after which he reportedly never came back out again. ✔ The former government adviser, pictured outside the BBC in London, has lived in self-imposed exile in the United States since last year to avoid possible arrest ✔ But two senior senators of Trump's Republican party warned Monday that the relationship could be imperiled if the stories about Khashoggi are correct



Facebook’s launch of Portal has been stymied by trust issues

10/9/2018, 10:08:50 AM
The company’s privacy scandals have made us wary of its connected devices ✔ DOJ demands Facebook info from ‘anti-administration activists Here’s an unsettling report from Jessica Schneider: Trump administration lawyers are demanding the private account information of potentially thousands of Facebook users in three separate search warrants served on the social media giant, according to court documents obtained by CNN



Women are angry at Trump and his party. And it's not just about Kavanaugh

10/9/2018, 8:35:53 AM
On a recent evening in the suburbs of Los Angeles, two dozen women gathered to talk about sexual assault. ✔ MUST WATCH Santa Clarita, California (CNN)On a recent evening in the suburbs of Los Angeles, two dozen women gathered to talk about sexual assault ✔ Let me tell you how hard it is as a parent to make ends meet and try to save for college while I'm paying for daycare, said Porter, a single mother of three



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