South Korea naval event leaves Japan out after flag fight
10/11/2018, 9:04:09 PMRow over wartime ensign could weaken united front in North Korea talks ✔ Seoul, meanwhile, applied pressure by suggesting that Moon view the event on board the amphibious assault ship Dokdo, named after islets administered by South Korea but claimed by Japan as Takeshima ✔ There is concern that such a stance may actually weaken U.S. bargaining power at denuclearization talks
Miss Ukraine 2018 Stripped of Crown After Pageant Discovers She's a Divorced Mom: 'I'm Going to Fight Against' the Rules
10/11/2018, 10:39:34 PMVeronika Didusenko's crown was removed after organizers found out she had a child and was divorced ✔ Another beauty pageant winner has been stripped of her crown and not by mistake ✔ I want to apologize … because I didn’t mention the most important thing in my life my little boy, she said ✔ We must eliminate the last remaining rule which discriminates against women with children
Ukraine Orthodox Church to Win Recognition Despite Russian Warnings
10/11/2018, 8:43:33 PMThe foremost leader in Orthodox Christianity said he would grant Ukraine a self-governing church independent of Russia, handing the former Soviet republic a significant victory in its efforts to reduce the Kremlin’s influence there. ✔ But since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and military interventions in eastern Ukraine, surveys show that a rival, known as the Kiev Patriarchate, has gained a greater following even though it wasn’t recognized by the global Orthodox community
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi’s alleged murder represents a new kind of depravity
10/11/2018, 9:55:01 PMSpeaking directly and forcefully about Khashoggi’s disappearance would send a message that certain principles are inviolable. ✔ By Joel Simon October 11 at 5:40 PM Joel Simon is executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists ✔ Meanwhile, a legitimate concern with the spread of disinformation and misinformation online is empowering the censors, including governments putting pressure on Internet companies to remove critical content they don’t like
Microsoft Bing delivers racist search results
10/11/2018, 9:28:10 PMSearching for the term 'Jews' through the search engine results in pictures of Adolf Hitler ✔ 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 46/50 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
Africa's top shots: Artistic streets and a feathered king
10/11/2018, 11:45:41 PMA selection of the best photos from across Africa this week. ✔ Africa's week in pictures: 5 - 11 October 2018 A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week ✔ AFP In Zimbabwe's capital Harare, young boys play football, a short while after being vaccinated against cholera, which has killed dozens of people
US report urges punishment of China officials over Xinjiang abuse
10/11/2018, 10:55:07 PMCongressional commission weighs use of Magnitsky Act to target those behind Muslim camps ✔ Of particular concern is the mass arbitrary internment of as many as 1m or more [Uighurs] and other Muslim ethnic minorities in 'political re-education' camps in western China, the CECC report read ✔ In July, the Global Times, a nationalist tabloid, reported that 1.26m people had been enrolled in government-organised occupational education programmes in 2017 in Kashgar and Hotan, in the Uighur heartland, a number that matches academics' and exiles' estimates of the numbers detained
The Prince and the President: Khashoggi Disappearance Raises Tensions
10/11/2018, 11:37:17 PMTurkey’s president and Saudi Arabia’s crown prince have not had the easiest relationship. A mysterious disappearance at a Saudi consulate has not helped. ✔ Although Saudi Arabia is hardly its biggest investor, Turkish officials have boasted that their country did $8 billion a year in business with the kingdom ✔ Extends Drop Into Sixth Day, Setting Stage for Another Awful October Khashoggi’s Disappearance Puts Kushner’s Bet on Saudi Crown Prince at Risk Hurricane Michael in Pictures Complaints of Voter Suppression Loom Over Georgia Governor’s Race Opinion: White Male Victimization Anxiety
A Brief History Of The Wall Street Journal's Support For Right-Wing Authoritarians
10/11/2018, 8:04:13 PMThe paper's endorsing Brazil's pro-dictatorship candidate is the latest in a proud tradition for its opinion section. ✔ 法新社Jair Bolsonaro, a right-wing presidential candidate who supported the country's former military dictatorship and poses a threat to the country's democracy, won the first round of elections on Oct. 7 ✔ Although the Journal has always been swift to denounce leftist leaders like former Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez for amending constitutions to keep themselves in power, it never found reason to raise similar concerns about Uribe
Opinion | Democrats are playing with fire
10/11/2018, 9:55:03 PMIs ethno-nationalist populism effectively fought with intemperate language? ✔ Trump once incited violence against a protester with the words: Knock the crap out of him, would you ✔ Some rising Democrat needs to study up on President Franklin D ✔ Thiessen: The Kavanaugh saga shows we have not yet plumbed the depths of Democratic ruthlessness
Opinion | We need to pursue justice for Jamal Khashoggi
10/11/2018, 8:00:44 PMOur trade partnership with Saudi Arabia doesn’t absolve the kingdom of responsibility for its actions. ✔ By Ben Cardin October 11 at 3:48 PM Ben Cardin, a Democrat from Maryland, serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ✔ The Trump administration, to its credit, promulgated an expansive executive order to implement the law and has employed it in several important cases
A Deadly Year for Journalists as Risk Shifts to the West
10/11/2018, 8:33:31 PMAt least 43 journalists have been killed around the world in the line of duty, often in places where they could once work in relative safety. ✔ This year, the United States has the third-highest number of journalists killed worldwide, in part because of the attack on The Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis, Md., that left five journalists dead ✔ Extends Drop Into Sixth Day After Global Sell-Off This is 18 Around the World Through Girls’ Eyes Matthew Shepard Will Be Interred at the Washington National Cathedral, 20 Years After His Death Made and Distributed in the U.S.A.: Online Disinformation Hurricane Michael in Pictures Opinion: A Lesson for Kavanaugh From Another Tarnished Supreme Court Justice Khashoggi’s Disappearance Puts Kushner’s Bet on Saudi Crown Prince at Risk Fyre Festival Organizer Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison
Kanye West tells Trump he was misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder
10/11/2018, 9:08:05 PMIn his 10-minute rant in the Oval Office, Kanye West revealed to Donald Trump he was misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder. ✔ During his 10-minute rant in the Oval Office on Thursday Kanye West revealed to Donald Trump he was misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder ✔ I had sleep deprivation which could cause dementia 10 to 20 years from now, where I wouldn't even remember my son's name
Trump Rejects Lawmakers’ Calls to Halt Saudi Arms Sales
10/11/2018, 11:35:00 PMCalls intensified on Capitol Hill Thursday for the Trump administration to crack down on weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and to rethink bilateral ties should an investigation reveal that Riyadh is behind the killing of a well-known Saudi journalist. ✔ The person familiar with the discussions said it was in Turkey’s best interest to work with the U.S. on Mr. Khashoggi’s case in light of the recent deterioration in ties with Ankara ✔ I think they’re jumping to conclusions, adding, We don’t have the facts of the case
Saudi’s Disappearance Risks Costly Image-Crafting Effort in U.S.
10/11/2018, 9:54:38 PMTurkish accusations that Saudi Arabia was involved in Jamal Khashoggi’s likely killing have undermined the kingdom’s U.S. public relations strategy. ✔ Qorvis and Glover Park Group also handle public relations for Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Washington ✔ Can’t remember WHEN my beard turned white, but I remember WHY ✔ MBS is much younger and I’m sure handles stress better! A spokeswoman for Mr. Blankfein didn’t respond to a request for comment
As potatoes are voted UK’s best loved vegetable, here are some potato facts
10/11/2018, 9:13:08 PMThe plain old potato has just been voted Britain’s best-loved vegetable – that’s one in the eye for carrots and it will leave broccoli, peas and beans green with envy ✔ Forget your fancy artichokes and aubergines, the humble spud is still King of the Veg ✔ There are roughly 5,000 varieties of potato, 99% of which are descended from a single species ✔ US President Thomas Jefferson introduced French Fries to the USA by serving them at the White House in 1802
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