S. Korea walks back on possibly lifting sanctions on North Korea
10/11/2018, 8:03:26 AMSEOUL--South Korea on Thursday walked back on a proposal to lift some of its unilateral sanctions ag ✔ The North and South also announced measures to reduce conventional military threats, such as creating buffer zones along their land and sea boundaries and a no-fly zone above the border ✔ For North Korea, the most meaningful result from the lifting of the May 24 measures would be that its ships will be able to travel through Jeju Strait again, said Koh, referring to waters between South Korea's mainland and the southern island of Jeju
U.N. child rights panel calls on Saudi Arabia to halt Yemen strikes
10/11/2018, 11:57:21 AMA United Nations human rights watchdog called on Saudi Arabia on Thursday to hal... ✔ At least 1,248 children had been killed and nearly the same number injured in air strikes since March 2015, including dozens killed in a strike on a school bus in Saada province in August, it said ✔ All sides have carried out attacks on civilian targets in Yemen including homes, medical facilities, schools, farms, weddings and markets, in breach of international law, it said ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Rohingyas' lives go on in the camp
10/11/2018, 8:16:45 AMundefined ✔ It is the world's largest refugee camp and its whereabouts has placed it in the center of a controversy in the international community ✔ The assembly speaker said they will go back, while the foreign minister said all refugees want to return ✔ official said some people own smartphones to communicate with relatives who are still left behind in Myanmar
US won’t give ‘one single dollar’ for Syria reconstruction until Iranian forces are out – Pompeo
10/11/2018, 10:21:56 AMThe US will spend no more money on the reconstruction of war-ravaged Syria if it does not see off Iranian troops, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. The US previously said it would stay in Syria as long as Iran is there. ✔ The withdrawal of Iranian troops from Syria was one of the key demands included in a 12-point plan that Pompeo set out for Tehran in May, threatening to hit the Islamic Republic with the strongest sanctions in history if it does not comply ✔ Share it with a friend! Trends: Mike PompeoSyria newsUS news
Weaponised AI is coming. Are algorithmic forever wars our future? | Ben Tarnoff
10/11/2018, 9:20:00 AMThe Pentagon is pushing algorithmic warfare, but big tech’s involvement assumes the US military is a benevolent force ✔ With it came a new milestone: we’ve been in Afghanistan for so long that someone born after the attacks is now old enough to go fight there ✔ When the enemy is everywhere, target identification becomes far more labor-intensive ✔ This is where AI – or, more precisely, machine learning – comes in
BREAKING: Rocket declares EMERGENCY after launch to ISS – US astronaut parachutes out
10/11/2018, 9:23:46 AMA ROCKET on the way to the International Space Station has declared an emergency – with astronauts forced to parachute to safety. ✔ But the pair got into trouble and were forced to make an emergency exit ✔ Relations between Moscow and Washington have sunk to post-Cold War lows over the crisis in Ukraine, the war in Syria and allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential vote, but Russia and the U.S. have maintained cooperation in space
Trump walks tightrope amid global outrage over disappearance of Saudi journalist
10/11/2018, 10:07:26 AMAfter Jamal Khashoggi entered Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul a little over a week ago and disappeared, leaders and media worldwide demanded the kingdom explain Turkish claims that the journalist had been killed by the Saudi government. ✔ The Trump administration is relying on Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies in the fight against ISIS, and is pushing them to fund reconstruction efforts in Syria ✔ The White House effort to forge a Mideast peace between Israelis and Palestinians, led in part by Kushner, also depends on Saudi Arabia ✔ CNN's Aishvarya Kavi, Jeremy Herb and Liz Landers contributed reporting
Behind Bavaria's harsh rhetoric, schools offer migrants warm welcome
10/11/2018, 9:09:05 AMOmar Alnifawi was 16 when he fled Syria's civil war with his family. After ... ✔ Axel Pluennecke of the Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW) ✔ We are certainly looking at what is being done with migrants in Bavarian schools, said a senior federal official who is familiar with the government’s thinking ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Officer killed, three soldiers seized in west Iraq: sources
10/11/2018, 8:03:41 AMAn army officer was killed and three soldiers were captured in western Iraq afte... ✔ At least eight people were killed and 12 wounded in a suicide car-bomb attack on a security checkpoint in the same area last August ✔ The group’s fighters have since then waged a campaign of killings and abductions ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Under pressure, South Korea backs off talk of easing sanctions on North
10/11/2018, 11:17:35 AMChange in tone comes after President Trump's blunt remark that Seoul can "do nothing" without Washington's approval ✔ The Kaesong factory park was shuttered in 2016 in response to a North Korean nuclear test and long-range rocket launch ✔ For North Korea, the most meaningful result from the lifting of the May 24 measures would be that its ships will be able to travel through Jeju Strait again, said Koh, referring to waters between South Korea's mainland and the southern island of Jeju
Nikki Haley Played Many Roles at the United Nations
10/11/2018, 11:53:38 AMIn her nearly two years at the world body, the ambassador was one of the most visible faces of the Trump administration’s foreign policy. ✔ U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley will resign from her role ✔ General Assembly condemning the U.S. for moving its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem, Ambassador Nikki Haley sent an invitation for a party she was hosting with a one-line message: Thank you for your friendship to the United States ✔ France’s Ambassador François Delattre said Ms. Haley had exceptional political instincts and skills and tried to shake up the U.N
Who was on Soyuz rocket, why were they going to International Space Station?
10/11/2018, 11:14:17 AMASTRONAUTS Alexey Ovchinin and American Tyler Hague are good condition after they made a dramatic emergency landing following the malfunction on the their Soyuz rocket. They were en route to the In… ✔ It's the first space mission for Hague, who joined NASA's astronaut corps in 2013, while Ovchinin spent six months on the station in 2016 ✔ They’re also expected to be on board during the first unmanned test flights of the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Boeing CST-100 Starliner ✔ They are part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, which will return astronauts to US soil
'Koreas discussing inspections for economic cooperation'
10/11/2018, 8:16:51 AMundefined ✔ Cho said before the sanctions are lifted, there needs to be measures regarding the Cheonan, by which he meant North Korea would need to take responsibility ✔ The declaration states that the Koreas and relevant states seek to declare an end to the 1950-53 Korean War, and contains plans for economic cooperation
OPEC hikes oil output in September as Iran's production falls, demand outlook softens
10/11/2018, 11:58:37 AMIn September, OPEC pumped nearly 32.8 million barrels per day, up 132,000 bpd from August ✔ Akos Stiller | Bloomberg | Getty Images Khalid Bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih, Saudi Arabia's energy minister and president of OPEC, speaks during a news conference following the 172nd Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meeting in Vienna, Austria, on Thursday, May 25, 2017 ✔ Production increases in Angola, Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates also boosted OPEC's bottom line
Analysis | The Cybersecurity 202: Lawmakers press for answers about China's alleged supply chain hack
10/11/2018, 11:53:04 AMSenior officials continue to push back on the Bloomberg report. ✔ It is increasingly clear that industry self-regulation in this area is not sufficient, Thune said ✔ EASTER EGGS Jamal Khashoggi supporters urge Trump administration to investigate disappearance: Hurricane Michael lashes Florida's Gulf Coast: Russian town hires cat chief to keep strays happy:
Cultural Divide: Books, poems and the Doors inspire liberal women in Virginia against Trump and conservatives - Los Angeles Times
10/11/2018, 11:14:08 AMThe Liberal Women of Chesterfield County is seeking to upend Republican control of a key Congressional district in Virginia. The women are fueled by anti-Trump fervor and the books, music and films that have shaped their politics. ✔ Since Trump was elected, I get stopped at the border ✔ This is the second in an occasional series about cultural touchstones reflecting the tumultuous political times across America ✔ One Iowa town drew the line at its movie theater James Stern talks about his documentary 'American Chaos,' which travels through the seething fervor of Trump territory
This is 18 Around the World — Through Girls’ Eyes
10/11/2018, 10:11:17 AMWhat does life look like for girls turning 18 in 2018? We gave young women photographers around the world an assignment: Show us 18 in your community. This is 18 — through girls’ eyes. ✔ And this is the right thing, because this is our society and I have no complaints about it ✔ Each photographer was paired with a professional mentor to guide them through the process ✔ Follow Styles on Instagram at @nytimesfashion or sign up for our newsletter, Of the Moment
China's paranoia and oppression in Xinjiang has a long history
10/11/2018, 8:55:25 AMChina finally admitted this week what had been widely reported: that it is interning thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of people in "re-education camps" in the far-western region of Xinjiang. ✔ Uyghurs and other minorities complain of discrimination in employment and education, and corruption is rife within state-controlled industries that continue to dominate the local economy ✔ Parts of this article are based on extracts from James Griffiths' book, The Great Firewall of China: How to Build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet
Who is Fran Kirby, and how did the Ballon D'Or nominee make history?
10/11/2018, 10:28:41 AMFRAN Kirby has been named on the shortlist for the first Women’s Ballon D’Or award. The Lioness is the only player from the Women’s Super League and joins the likes of Lucy Bronze… ✔ FRAN Kirby has been named on the shortlist for the first Women's Ballon D'Or award ✔ Kirby suffered a horrible 12 months between 2016 and 2017 with back-to-back injuries and slow recoveries keeping her out ✔ Kirby topped of an impressive season last year after winning both the WSL title and the FA Cup with a number of individual honours
Who is Jamal Khashoggi? How did the journalist and former Editor-in-Chief of Al Arab News disappear and why did he visit the Saudi Consulate?
10/11/2018, 10:28:38 AMFEARS are growing for missing Arab journalist Jamal Khashoggi after reports he was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Turkey. The 59-year-old was last seen entering the building in Istanbul to ca… ✔ The White House said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and senior officials had spoken to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman on Tuesday and asked for more details about the situation ✔ It is reported that Khashoggi once tried to persuade Bin Laden to stop his violence
Why global markets are collapsing right now, and who you should blame for it
10/11/2018, 11:19:47 AMA major correction in the asset markets has been building for a while. There has been 10 years of economic growth since the great financial crisis of 2008, and a bull market in stocks of pretty much the same length. ✔ But in a downturn, it will be very difficult to sell some of these stakes ✔ It cannot extract itself from the euro currency system without defaulting ✔ EM countries grow faster than the developed economies, and if that growth disappears then that will slow down the larger economies too
Meet the Young Female Photographers Who Documented 18-Year-Old Girls
10/11/2018, 10:11:23 AMThe New York Times asked 22 young women to take photos for a project exploring daily life for girls around the world who are becoming adults this year. ✔ To be able to show the legacy and cultural heritage of our indigenous peoples who are often neglected or ignored ✔ More in Lens Mariusz Smiejek Looking at Protestant Loyalist Life in Post-Conflict Belfast Gianluca De Bartolo A Marriage of Two Trees: an Unusual Wedding in a Small Italian Town Dayanita Singh/Spontaneous Books The Photo Book as Art Object Janette Beckman 40 Years of Hip-Hop Photos Lars Tunbjork/Agence VU Dreamlike Photos of Sweden’s Dark Winter Tomaso Clavarino Solemn Photographs of Clerical Sex Abuse Survivors Trending Khashoggi’s Disappearance Puts Kushner’s Bet on Saudi Crown Prince at Risk Hurricane Michael Leaves Trail of Destruction as It Slams Florida’s Panhandle Hurricane Michael Live Updates: Much of Florida Panhandle Left in Ruins Opinion: Of Trump, Taylor Swift and the Cat Trump’s Contradiction: Assailing ‘Left-Wing Mob’ as Crowd Chants ‘Lock Her Up’ Opinion: White Male Victimization Anxiety Naming Names, Turks Turn Up Heat on Saudis in Consulate Case Opinion: The ‘Greatest Hoax’ Strikes Florida Can Poland’s Faded Brutalist Architecture Be Redeemed
Nations League: 10 things to look out for in the international matches
10/11/2018, 9:38:29 AMMontenegro and Serbia’s historic meeting, unhappy memories for England and the Republic of Ireland, and Georgi Petkov’s international return – at 42 ✔ 1) Montenegro and Serbia make history Twelve years after Montenegro achieved independence and 11 years after they were formally recognised by Fifa, they meet Serbia for the first time ✔ SB Genoa’s Krzysztof Piatek (right) has been in sensational form this season
Trapped by the ‘Walmart of Heroin’
10/11/2018, 10:11:19 AMA Philadelphia neighborhood is the largest open-air narcotics market for heroin on the East Coast. Addicts come from all over, and many never leave. ✔ He blamed the city for working too quickly to clear El Campamento ✔ Trending Khashoggi’s Disappearance Puts Kushner’s Bet on Saudi Crown Prince at Risk Hurricane Michael Leaves Trail of Destruction as It Slams Florida’s Panhandle Trump’s Contradiction: Assailing ‘Left-Wing Mob’ as Crowd Chants ‘Lock Her Up’ Opinion: Of Trump, Taylor Swift and the Cat Hurricane Michael Live Updates: Much of Florida Panhandle Left in Ruins Opinion: The ‘Greatest Hoax’ Strikes Florida Opinion: White Male Victimization Anxiety Can Poland’s Faded Brutalist Architecture Be Redeemed ✔ Naming Names, Turks Turn Up Heat on Saudis in Consulate Case Opinion: Democrats, Don’t Muck This One Up
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