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Falling rocks explode more violently than any non-nuclear bomb

10/10/2018, 5:25:07 PM
Researchers at the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy investigated reports of 'extremely energetic' rock falls spanning more than two decades. ✔ This video shows the explosive impact of a small rockfall triggered by two men rolling a huge rock off a cliff ✔ They present a danger to anyone unlucky enough to be stood near to the 100-meter-per-second blast, which would hit with the force of a pyroclastic flow from a volcano ✔ The dust clouds produced by the  falls can spread for a mile and last for days, potentially obscuring nearby roads


Trump administration will double-down on its failed Afghanistan approach

10/10/2018, 4:15:35 PM
Don't look for the Trump administration to pull out of Afghanistan any time soon. ✔ Yet, the US has spent more than a trillion dollars over these past 17 years, not to mention billions of US dollars in money meant for reconstruction that has disappeared altogether ✔ 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


Nobel Peace Prize winners highlight worldwide battle against sexual violence

10/10/2018, 6:40:16 PM
One recipient, Dr. Denis Mukwege, has treated more than 50,000 victims of rape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ✔ One recipient is Yazidi activist Nadia Murad, who was held captive and raped by ISIS militants ✔ In 2008, 60 Minutes interviewed victims of sexual violence in Congo ✔ Speaking to an interviewer from the Nobel organization, Mukwege said he could see in the faces of many women how they are happy to be recognized


Syria's war: Rebels complete heavy arms pullout from Idlib zone

10/10/2018, 4:28:49 PM
Withdrawal of arms by rebel groups fulfills first part of a deal Turkey signed with Syrian government ally Russia. ✔ The zone covers tens of villages that span across the area, most notably the Jisr al-Shughour district, which has come under government bombardment in the past, villages in the Hama governorate, and villages on the outskirts of Aleppo, as well as Latakia


Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley's resignation: Why did it happen, and who takes over now?

10/10/2018, 5:34:05 PM
Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley's motivation for leaving is unclear. What is apparent: Her successor won't have the same freedom with Donald Trump. ✔ Haley reportedly lost a battle over the recent decision to have the president chair a UN Security Council meeting only on Iran ✔ Richard Sokolsky, a non-resident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, was a member of the secretary of State’s Office of Policy Planning from 2005-15


Trump says U.S. "demanding" answers from Saudi Arabia about missing writer

10/10/2018, 7:27:34 PM
President Trump's comments Wednesday were the toughest yet from his administration on the case of Jamal Khashoggi, a writer for The Washington Post ✔ Turkish authorities say Khashoggi a government critic who has been living in self-imposed exile in the U.S. for the past year after fleeing a crackdown on intellectuals and activists in the country was slain inside the consulate ✔ Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said it would be devastating to the U.S.-Saudi relationship ✔ The U.S.-Saudi relationship is certainly not about shared moral values, House said


Opinion | Trump’s nasty apathy about Jamal Khashoggi

10/10/2018, 7:07:44 PM
He has shown authoritarian regimes that the contempt they have for the media is shared by him. ✔ Now we see him apathetic about what appears to be a brutal crime the disappearance of a journalist, Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi, who entered Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul last week and never came out ✔ The silence of the Trump administration is bad enough ✔ His words regarding the press are just a variation of Henry II’s words regarding his enemy Thomas Becket: Who will rid me of this meddlesome priest


Trump savages Medicare for All, as more Americans embrace socialism

10/10/2018, 4:54:06 PM
President Trump once again lambasted the idea of socialized healthcare, as Medicare for All becomes a mainstream Democrat position, and more and more Americans warm to the idea of socialism. ✔ Healthcare is just one battleground in Trump’s ongoing war against socialism ✔ However, the poll did not define ‘socialism,’ which to the US public could mean anything from a Scandinavian-style welfare state to the horrors and repression of Stalin’s Russia or Mao’s China ✔ WATCH MORE:  Trends: Bernie Sanders newsDonald Trump newsUS news


If Donald Trump doesn't confront Saudi Arabia, the world order could be upended

10/10/2018, 4:19:16 PM
Donald Trump's worldview and its roots in "America First" may be selling well with his base at home. But overseas, it is buckling America's carefully crafted world order, CNN's Nic Robertson says. ✔ MUST WATCH Questions linger after journalist disappears 03:36 Nic Robertson is CNN's international diplomatic editor ✔ He likes to remind us they have committed to billions of dollars in arms deals over the coming years ✔ In the movies, it would be part of a daring escape


Pushing the Limits: With a second chance, wounded veteran summits Mt. Kilimanjaro

10/10/2018, 4:25:12 PM
For anyone it's a soaring achievement, but for Adam Keys, reaching the top was only part of the climb ✔ In our series, Pushing the Limits, we introduce you to a wounded Army veteran who overcame incredible odds to climb one of the world's most treacherous mountains ✔ A few years ago, taking even one step was unimaginable ✔ By any stretch of the imagination, I should have been dead


Here’s How Palestinians Are Trying To Take Advantage Of The Trump Era

10/10/2018, 7:21:43 PM
The lack of money, leadership, and cohesive messaging are making it much harder to increase support in the US, even as Trump’s polarizing policies are creating new alliances for Palestinians. ✔ Journalists working in Israel and the Palestinian territories are inundated with resources from Israeli groups and government bodies; in contrast, it’s hard to get the average Palestinian official to call back ✔ CORRECTION Oct. 10, 2018, at 18:26 PM The name of the Brookings Institution was misstated in an earlier version of this post


U.S. raises pressure on Saudi Arabia over missing journalist

10/10/2018, 6:26:51 PM
U.S. President Donald Trump increased pressure on Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to p... ✔ A Turkish security source had previously told Reuters that the 15 Saudis, including some officials, left Turkey later the same day ✔ It did not say how it obtained the pictures and data ✔ REUTERS/Osman Orsal Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Did two Russian spies who poisoned Skripals have an accomplice?

10/10/2018, 6:19:16 PM
The man, using the alias Sergey Fedotov, 45, flew to London on March 2, the same day as military intelligence agents Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov. ✔ 'The Government has shown strong resolve thus far, but it is yet more evidence that the UK needs to develop a long-term plan to understand and expose Russian subversion, as well as identifying the steps needed to protect our democracy.'  Sergey Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned by the chemical agent called novichok in Salisbury in March, leaving them critically ill in hospital The Skripal case and last week's revelations that the GRU also allegedly tried to hack into the world's chemical weapons watchdog in the Netherlands have further tattered Moscow's strained ties with the West


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