Moon Jae-in urges US to declare end of war with North Korea
10/12/2018, 11:23:24 AMThe South Korean president said Pyongyang has taken steps to achieve peace and the US should take similar measures. ✔ Experts say the offers made by North Korea will have little impact on its military capabilities, and Pyongyang itself has said it has no further need to test its weapons ✔ Seoul said separately that the two Koreas will hold high-level talks at the border on Monday to discuss how to implement the agreements made at last month's Pyongyang summit
North Korea intends to abolish all nuclear weapons, South says
10/12/2018, 8:47:30 AMNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un intends to abolish all nuclear weapons, material... ✔ Security Council resolutions, and focus on the economy if regime security is guaranteed ✔ The United States has insisted on irreversible steps towards denuclearization first ✔ There is consensus between South Korea and the United States that it is desirable to make the end-of-war declaration at an earliest possible date, so I think it’s a matter of time but it will definitely happen ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Tensions at sea between Russia and Ukraine
10/12/2018, 8:22:49 AMThere have been rising tensions between Ukraine and Russia over access to the strategically important Sea of Azov. ✔ The Sea of Azov borders the conflict area in eastern Ukraine and in 2003 Russia and Ukraine agreed to give each other's ships free movement throughout its waters ✔ In recent months Russia has increased its military presence and inspections, with some calling its actions an economic blockade of Ukraine's Azov ports
UN body slams Saudi Arabia for deadly Yemen attacks
10/12/2018, 8:00:33 AMUN child rights panel calls on Saudi to halt deadly airstrikes and prosecute officers responsible for child casualties. ✔ What can a UN investigation achieve in Yemen ✔ The global body has described the situation in Yemen as the world's worst humanitarian crisis ✔ It also said that at least 10,000 people have been killed since the start of the conflict - but observers say the death toll is likely to be higher
Foiled Paris bomb plot raises fears that Iran is planning attacks in Europe
10/12/2018, 11:16:07 AMIntelligence officials say Tehran is stepping up contingency to strike at its enemies, including in the United States. ✔ Bolton, a prominent Iran hawk, has been leading Trump administration efforts to place new sanctions on Iran, which he called the central banker of international terrorism ✔ Sometimes initiative even stupid initiative, even initiative that fails is smiled upon within this system ✔ Carol Morello in Washington contributed to this report
Disappearances and kidnappings: the other side of Yemen’s war
10/12/2018, 9:50:48 AMFollow international news through our Observers' amateur images and eyewitness testimony. All the content is verified and explained by our journalists. ✔ On 27 September, the organisation held a gathering of the mothers of the disappeared in front of the home of interior minister Ahmed al-Mayssari, to demand information on the fate of their children and for those responsible for the kidnappings to be brought to justice ✔ According to the organisation, young people who took up arms to defend Aden against the Houthi attack, from March to July 2015, were then arrested by loyalist forces for no known reason
Israeli Paper: Russia's Latest Moves in Syria Unmask It as an Enemy of the Jewish State
10/12/2018, 9:58:43 AMOn Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu again addressed the changing strategic situation in Syria after Russia delivered its advanced S-300 missile shield to the army of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. ✔ Both moves must be regarded as an attempt to neutralize the threat posed by the new S-300 anti-aircraft batteries to both the IAF and the US Air Force, which is supporting American Special Forces stationed in eastern Syria and northern Iraq ✔ Russia’s latest actions in Syria show once again that Putin is trying to establish himself as the main regional power at the expense of Israel and the United States, even if this means harming Israel’s vital security interests
How Congress has been giving up its war powers since Thomas Jefferson - Los Angeles Times
10/12/2018, 11:17:33 AMThe idea that President Truman's entrance into the Korean War set the standard for presidents ignoring Congress doesn't take into account the numerous instances of commanders in chief unilaterally using the U.S. armed forces. ✔ That is why the Constitution gives Congress, the branch of government that most represents the people, the exclusive power to declare war ✔ The professional politicians are going to push more and more responsibility to the executive branch for decisions that may turn out badly
Moon aims to win EU backing for peace process
10/12/2018, 8:18:18 AMundefined ✔ Moon says 'only a matter of time' to end Korean War By Kim Yoo-chul President Moon Jae-in is seeking to win support from key European Union countries on his nine-day visit there to participate in an Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit, Cheong Wa Dae said Friday ✔ Moon's office said he will hold a summit with French President Emmanuel Macron, European Council President Donald Tusk and Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen
British Army restores Monuments Men unit to save treasures in war zones
10/12/2018, 11:06:45 AMA TEAM of art lovers and history buffs are being formed to become Monuments Men and head to war zones to save pieces of British culture. Former Gulf War tank commander, Lt Colonel Tim Purbrick, is … ✔ People will need to enlist in the Army Reserves in order to join the history protection squad ✔ They famously rescued world famous and priceless works by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Beethoven's original manuscripts from Hitler's clutches ✔ Once selected, the British team will be based in Hermitage, near Newbury Berks
Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz on Why Globalization Is Under Threat
10/12/2018, 10:17:29 AMJoseph Stiglitz, a professor at Columbia University, sat with Barron’s to discuss a range of problems he sees unfolding—an economic cold war with China, the breakup of the European Union, and more. ✔ In this wide-ranging conversation, the Columbia University professor and former economic advisor to President Bill Clinton opined on Bitcoin, the future of the euro, and China’s options ✔ Most analysts are already expecting a slowdown in 2019, 2020 ✔ If it ever becomes important because of that, the government will shut it down ✔ It’s living on borrowed time and on the euphoria of technology
Shinzo Abe to visit China in first visit by Japan PM since 2011
10/12/2018, 9:52:38 AMJapan and China are set to thaw a seven-year cooling of relations amid Beijing's worsening trade war with the US. ✔ But he has since softened his rhetoric and called on China to press North Korea to give up its nuclear and missile programmes ✔ At the time, the Chinese foreign ministry said Tokyo should act cautiously and avoid doing anything which would harm regional peace and stability
Trump's willingness to antagonize the world triggers China-India rapprochement
10/12/2018, 11:01:43 AMAn old Chinese proverb states "crisis is opportunity riding a dangerous wind." Trump's trade war with China and accusations of political meddling against Beijing are dangerous winds & have hurt relations between the great powers. ✔ HomeOp-ed Trump's willingness to antagonize the world triggers China-India rapprochement Dr. Sreeram Chaulia is Professor and Dean at the Jindal School of International Affairs in Sonipat, India ✔ Just as China is looking to narrow the power gap with the US, India seeks to do the same with China
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Important meeting strengthens Merkel
10/12/2018, 8:31:54 AMundefined ✔ Terrorist attacks in the country have boomeranged, with considerable hostility toward perpetrators of the criminal acts ✔ Cyr (acyr@carthage.edu) is Clausen Distinguished Professor at Carthage College and author of After the Cold War (NYU Press and Palgrave/Macmillan)
Kim Jong-un vows to DESTROY nuclear weapons claims SOUTH Korea
10/12/2018, 11:33:51 AMKIM JONG-UN has promised to abolish all nuclear weapons, materials and facilities to achieve "complete" denuclearisation, according to his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in. ✔ Mr Moon said a gradual easing of economic sanctions against Pyongyang should be seriously considered when substantial progress on denuclearisation has been made but Washington has insisted on irreversible steps being made before such a move takes place
Corbyn accused of wanting to 'brainwash school kids into hating UK’ with colonial history
10/12/2018, 8:16:08 AMJEREMY Corbyn was accused yesterday of wanting to “brainwash school children into hating Britain”. The attack came after the hard left Labour leader called for the legacy of Britain’s colonial legacy should be put on the school curriculum. ✔ For them, ideology comes before children's education Damian Hinds In the light of the Windrush scandal, Black History Month has taken on a renewed significance and it is more important now than ever that we learn and understand, as a society, the role and legacy of the British Empire, colonisation and slavery
DPK leader said 'NK-US talks almost finalized'
10/12/2018, 9:05:52 AMundefined ✔ By Park Ji-won The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) leader said the specifics of the upcoming North-U.S ✔ But (we) agreed to ratify the deal as it should be ratified and I think the progress of denuclearization can create a supportive environment for the ratification
Fox News loved Kanye’s White House visit. Here's how it covered rappers visiting Barack Obama
10/12/2018, 8:26:18 AMFrom Jay Z to Rick Ross, contributors and anchors from network have used rap artists as a foil to make political points ✔ AFP/Getty/Reuters 8/50 4 October 2018 Dutch security services expel Russian spies over plot targeting chemical weapons watchdog ✔ You'll get extra credit for counting the death threats, the writer wrote ✔ I believe it's Kenyay, host Greg Gutfeld added, making an incomprehensible joke about Kanye's name
'We lost our homes and country, but we also lost our books'
10/12/2018, 8:27:10 AMBaynatna, an Arabic library in Berlin, is popular among the diaspora and refugees whose own stories could fill novels. ✔ Cofounder Ali Hassan is a Syrian musician who missed reading in his own language [Marta Vidal/Al Jazeera] Berlin, Germany - On Friday evenings in Mitte, Berlin's central district, the sound of an oud travels up from the public library's ground floor ✔ Exile, longing and displacement are the central themes in Darwish's work
The Perfect Storm Bringing China and Russia Together
10/12/2018, 8:48:05 AMDuring the Cold War, China and the Soviet Union regarded one another as strategic adversaries. Relations between Beijing and Moscow, however, have significantly improved over the years. Besides political alignment, the countries have complementary economies; China has an insatiable appetite for the raw materials which Russia has in abundance and Beijing has the financial strength to protect Moscow against the sanctions related to its annexation of Crimea. ✔ During the Cold War, China and the Soviet Union regarded one another as strategic adversaries ✔ Despite the EU’s reliance on Russian gas, which is a third of its annual consumption, Moscow’s dependence on European gas demand is much more severe, with the bulk of its gas exports heading West
Trump rules out cutting weapons sales to Saudi Arabia as furor deepens over vanished journalist - Los Angeles Times
10/12/2018, 10:12:20 AMSaudi officials continued to brush off reports a journalist critical of the kingdom was killed and dismembered at a consulate in Istanbul. The White House is under pressure to respond more forcefully, but President Trump rejected a weapons cutoff ✔ Saudi Arabia has vehemently denied Turkish reports that a 15-member security team killed Khashoggi inside the consulate in Istanbul and then flew his dismembered body out of the country ✔ He condemned Saudi actions in Yemen and in the Khashoggi case as those of a rogue state ✔ There would be no Saudi Arabia if there wasn't a United States, because we've protected them, Trump said
Novelist Martin Limon brings murder mystery to Korean DMZ in “The Line”
10/12/2018, 8:18:21 AMundefined ✔ The answer is no but I did run away from them a few times ✔ The Line just like many previous novels offers a B-story where Sueno and Bascom's superiors, in their infinite wisdom, try to pull them off a case and assign them to the black market detail ✔ The North Koreans ruthlessly exploit any opportunity to humiliate the United States ✔ These guys are 8th Army GIs stationed in Seoul during the 1970s _ now and forever
An Indian Cryptocurrency? Government Considering One Despite Reservations
10/12/2018, 10:45:35 AMA panel constituted by the Indian government's Ministry of Finance would likely soon recommend the country should launch a government-backed cryptocurrency. ✔ These are essentially decentralized ledgers, and if the government or the RBI is trying to control it, then it loses its meaning ✔ The People’s Bank of China said in 2016 it was looking into the possibility of the digital currency, and that it could be introduced soon
First inter-Korean meeting to be held since summit
10/12/2018, 8:03:34 AMundefined ✔ The high-level talks may produce a date for a Red Cross meeting to discuss the matter ✔ The only agreements have been carried out so far are Pyongyang's hosting of an event to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the 10.4 Declaration reached between leaders of the Koreas in 2007 last week, and the removal of land mines at the demilitarized zone, according to the military agreement
Sen. Joni Ernst says Senate has been damaged by the Kavanaugh confirmation process
10/12/2018, 9:54:59 AMErnst talked about the Supreme Court confirmation process with CBS News' Major Garrett on "The Takeout" podcast this week ✔ You certainly don't want to wrongly convict someone who is innocent, but you also want to make sure that accuser is heard and has the opportunity to step forward ✔ Producers: Arden Farhi, Katiana Krawchenko and Jamie Benson CBSN Production: Alex Zuckerman and Eric Soussanin Show email: TakeoutPodcast@cbsnews.com Twitter: @TakeoutPodcast Instagram: @TakeoutPodcast Facebook: Facebook.com/TakeoutPodcast
Censorship crackdown? Top 5 alt-media pages banned by Facebook & Twitter
10/12/2018, 11:01:42 AMSites dealing with government transparency, pages dedicated to police brutality and alternative media – take a closer look at the top five accounts with millions of followers that were recently suspended by Twitter and Facebook. ✔ Founded in 2013 by Jason Bassler and Matt Agorist, the site claims to shed light on corrupt entities across our planet ✔ BANNED ON FACEBOOK: YES BANNED ON TWITTER: YES #Facebook has purged over 800 pages for 'inauthentic behavior' ✔ Share it with a friend! Trends: Facebook news Twitter news
'Expensive energy is back' — and it's threatening the global economy, IEA warns
10/12/2018, 8:04:45 AMThe International Energy Agency (IEA) is concerned about a dramatic upswing in energy prices, according to its latest monthly report, with oil, gas and coal prices currently trading at multi-year highs. ✔ Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images A worker on a an oil drill near New Town, North Dakota ✔ The closely-watched report comes less than four weeks before the U.S is set to impose targeted crude sanctions against Iran, with Brent prices now established above $80 a barrel
Is China really to blame for Zambia's debt problems?
10/12/2018, 11:43:58 AMYes, but so is the West with its neoliberal policies. ✔ Lungu's blatant mismanagement of public finances and his increasingly authoritarian tendencies show that his stance is far from principled and is driven by desperation ✔ @ vitolaterza09 Patience Mususa Patience Mususa is an anthropologist working on mining and urbanisation in southern Africa
Opinion | Silicon Valley’s Saudi Arabia Problem
10/12/2018, 10:13:44 AMTechnology companies can no longer turn a blind eye to the human rights abuses of their largest investor. ✔ They will eat a lunch delivered by DoorDash, while participating in several chat conversations on Slack ✔ The facts of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance remain a mystery ✔ Matthew Shepard Will Be Interred at the Washington National Cathedral, 20 Years After His Death The Prince and the President: Khashoggi Case Raises Saudi-Turkey Tensions
Analysis | 13 ads that define these midterm elections
10/12/2018, 11:15:53 AMRepublicans are hugging Trump while Democrats suddenly want to talk about health care after years of avoiding it. ✔ I’m a fighter pilot, and I talk like one, McSally says in an ad that Republican operatives signaled as one of their favorites of the campaign ✔ You can’t pick your family, Gosar said in response ✔ To the six angry Democrat Gosars see you at Mom and Dad’s house!
This Is What You Need To Know To Understand The Disappearance Of Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi
10/12/2018, 8:58:36 AMTurkey and Saudi Arabia each have a stake in undermining the other, complicating Washington's search for answers. ✔ The Trump administration’s deliberate response to the feared death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi shows a hesitance to rely on the accounts of the two countries that can provide answers about his fate: Saudi Arabia and Turkey ✔ Erdogan himself has demanded answers on Khashoggi’s fate
Sky battles: Fighting back against rogue drones
10/12/2018, 11:57:56 AMDrones flying where they shouldn't has become a big problem, so how can we stop them? ✔ In other words, identifying a specific wf-fi signal coming from a drone and its controller in an area packed full of other wi-fi signals being accessed by phones and broadband routers is no easy task ✔ Follow Technology of Business editor Matthew Wall on Twitter and Facebook Click here for more Technology of Business features
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