War in Syria won’t end while the US remains there – Lavrov to French media
10/12/2018, 5:37:56 PMThe illegal US presence in Syria is one of the reasons why war there cannot end, especially since Washington is apparently trying to create a quasi-state on the eastern bank of the Euphrates, the Russian foreign minister said. ✔ HomeWorld News War in Syria won’t end while the US remains there – Lavrov to French media Published time: 12 Oct, 2018 17:22 Get short URL Kurdish fighters from the YPG militia ✔ This is in sharp contrast to how it treats areas controlled by Damascus, he said
Perspective | Stop worrying about a second civil war
10/12/2018, 4:49:29 PMAmericans are too pessimistic to believe war can solve our problems. ✔ KKK members from North Carolina watch as an anti-KKK crowd chants in protest of their gathering in Justice Park in Charlottesville on July 8, 2017 ✔ White Southerners shared this 19th-century conviction that bold violence remade the world ✔ The 21st century’s approach to tomorrow may seem gloomy, but it has its advantages
Trump under pressure to stop arms sales to ‘good partner’ Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi affair
10/12/2018, 7:31:24 PMAs public pressure mounts on the Trump administration to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the US defense industry is alarmed while critics of the Yemen war hope for the best. ✔ The Saudi ambassador to Washington, brother of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, reportedly returned to Riyadh for consultations earlier this week ✔ https://t.co/4SMmbyg7Yf Gareth Porter (@GarethPorter) October 12, 2018 As we all focus on Saudi Arabia this week, let's not forget that they were one of the biggest contributors to Cindy & John McCain's humanitarian foundation at the same time as he was instrumental in blessing them with more U.S. weapons Elizabeth Nolan Brown (@ENBrown) October 11, 2018 Trends: Donald Trump newsSaudi Arabia news
Opinion: It's Time To End Our Special Relationship With Saudi Arabia
10/12/2018, 7:10:39 PMHere's a foreign policy fight progressives should embrace: it’s realistic, popular and morally correct. ✔ To put it bluntly: we don’t depend on its oil anymore, and we don’t need a special relationship to buy it ✔ Instead, they fuel its military adventurism and contribute to a regional arms race ✔ Most recently, he was a Beirut-based researcher for Human Rights Watch
Opinion: The Saudi targeting of food supplies in Yemen is a worse story than the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi
10/12/2018, 5:24:19 PMAt first, the targets were largely military, but this changed when the coalition failed to win the quick military success its members had expected ✔ The plot to supposedly murder Jamal Khashoggi, as apparently proved by Turkish audio and video evidence shown to US officials, is a grizzly mixture of savagery and stupidity: Jack the Ripper meets Inspector Clouseau ✔ AP 1/22 Yasser Al Mosailem – 6/10 Got his decision-making wrong for Salah’s goal; shouldn’t have been so cavalier in rushing off his line to challenge for the ball
Here's a map to get to a Terence Crawford-Errol Spence fight - Los Angeles Times
10/12/2018, 6:04:29 PMTerence Crawford and Errol Spence fighting each other is a natural, but how can the separate alliances be bridged? ✔ Neither ESPN with Crawford nor Fox with Spence want to invest so deeply in the sport only to see one of their top fighters perform on another network ✔ Again, this is a match that pleases any thoughtful boxing fan the two-time Olympic champion from Ukraine and the unbeaten four-division champion from Southern California
F24 exclusive: France's Macron calls disappearance of Saudi journalist 'very serious'
10/12/2018, 5:11:46 PMTHE INTERVIEW : In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24 and RFI, French President Emmanuel Macron reacted to the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal... ✔ The French leader added that he would discuss the issue with the Saudi and Turkish leaders in the coming days ✔ Finally, the French president refused to give a precise date for a delayed cabinet reshuffle in France, saying he wanted to do things methodically, at the right pace
Beto O’Rourke breaks nationwide fundraising records in Texas senate race
10/12/2018, 5:24:36 PM'This is a historic campaign' the Democratic candidate says ✔ The fire was extinguished within eight minutes AP 43/50 31 August 2018 Mourners attend Aretha Franklin's funeral at Greater Grace Temple in Detroit AFP/Getty 44/50 30 August 2018 Firefighters watch on as flames leap from a giant factory fire in the inner Melbourne suburb of West Footscray - More than 120 firefighters are fighting the fire, with 30 trucks and cherry picker aerial appliances on the scene which is sending large plumes of smoke across the city
John Carlin: Chinese hackers are "costing real jobs inside America"
10/12/2018, 4:32:19 PMThe man who brought the first-ever charges against Chinese hackers says the U.S. is not doing enough to combat cyber warfare ✔ One of the reasons I wrote the book is that there are so many instances that people think are science fiction that have already happened, including terrorists stealing from retail companies personally identifiable information of customers in order to have plots to kill them, including Chinese espionage that's driven companies into bankruptcy costing real jobs inside America, he said
The Fake Newsletter: The PURGE! 🔪
10/12/2018, 6:27:08 PMWhat Facebook’s partisan purge means. ✔ Jane: Like that movie where everyone kills each other ✔ An app funded by Sheldon Adelson is covertly influencing the online conversation about Israel ✔ They post the top ten rumors every month on an official account -- to debunk them, writes Xinmei Shen ✔ We want to hear from you Email us thoughts, tips, and opinions at fakenewsletter@buzzfeed.com
Merkel faces poll disaster as coalition support collapses and Greens surge in German local elections
10/12/2018, 5:24:26 PMGreens poised to overtake longstanding chancellor's allies to become Bavaria’s second-largest party, with election slogan 'give courage instead of spreading fear' ✔ The second-round-run-off will be between Bolsoanro and the leftist Workers' party Fernando Haddad AP 7/50 6 October 2018 Demonstrators hold a banner that reads freedom of the press, not allowed to be trampled and shame on the governments vindictive move past a symbolic 'political red line' during a protest after Hong Kong immigration authorities declined a visa renewal for senior Financial Times journalist Victor Mallet, outside the immigration department building in Hong Kong
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A military expert explains why social media is the new battlefield
10/12/2018, 5:07:46 PM"Social media rewards not morality or veracity, but virality." ✔ Graphic by Michele Doying / The Verge After the 2016 US presidential election, social media came under scrutiny like never before, and what’s since come to light hasn’t been pretty: widespread consensus that foreign government-backed groups used platforms like YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook to spread discord and division among the American public ✔ One thing that you covered that particularly interested me was how easy it is to co-opt an unwary participant in political discourse because algorithms reward outrage
U.S. weapons makers rattled over Saudi Arabia deals
10/12/2018, 7:06:45 PMMajor U.S. defense contractors have expressed concern to the Trump administratio... ✔ This makes it more likely they’ll expand holds to include systems that aren’t necessarily controversial by themselves ✔ It’s a major concern, the senior administration official said, speaking on condition of anonymity ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
After a journalist disappears, Saudi Arabia's million dollar PR effort is called into question
10/12/2018, 7:24:52 PMAfter the disappearance of Khashoggi, the question has become: Can any amount of money protect Saudi Arabia's image? ✔ I think from what I've heard this story has certainly broken through, and touched people who might not have been aware of everything that was happening in Yemen, said Lydia Dennett, who researches foreign influence for the nonpartisan watchdog Project On Government Oversight
A look at US-Saudi weapons at issue in missing writer case
10/12/2018, 7:54:50 PMThe disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at a Saudi diplomatic mission in Turkey has fueled calls for the United States to reconsider arms sales to the kingdom that have been championed by President Donald Trump. ✔ article The disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at a Saudi diplomatic mission in Turkey has fueled calls for the United States to reconsider arms sales to the kingdom that have been championed by President Donald Trump ✔ Saudi Arabia's armed forces have relied on U.S. arms sales, training, and service support for decades, and successive U.S. administrations have viewed that nation as a strategic partner for seven decades
Recording 'proves missing journalist was chopped up in Saudi Arabia consulate'
10/12/2018, 7:31:01 PMTurkish officials say they have audio and video evidence that the Washington Post columnist fell victim to a hit squad after visiting the mission on October 2 to pick up a document for his wedding ✔ He added: I spoke to Jeremy Hunt on Wednesday and know he is deeply concerned and mulling over what Britain should do ✔ Crown Prince Mohammed, 33, Saudi’s heir apparent, has introduced reforms but shown little tolerance for criticism ✔ Mr Khashoggi, living in self-imposed US exile since last year, has been a prominent critic of the regime’s war in Yemen
The meteoric rise of Saudi's powerful Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is now suspected of ordering the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
10/12/2018, 5:46:27 PMFew people had heard of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman before his father became king in 2015. The 33-year-old crown prince, who has pushed reforms and efforts to undermine his rivals, is now suspected of ordering a dissident's killing. ✔ Muhammad Hamed - Pool /Getty Images One of the new defense minister's first moves was to crack down on Tehran, launching the Saudi-led coalition against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen through a military campaign known as Operation Decisive Storm
Magnus Nilsson’s ‘The Nordic Baking Book’ is a Bible for Bakers
10/12/2018, 6:05:09 PMIn his new cookbook, the Swedish chef captures the heart of baking culture across Scandinavia. ✔ BAKE-OFF A variety of cookies and shortbreads ✔ I think it’s very important to document regional variations, Nilsson says, because otherwise social media will make the information far too streamlined ✔ While The Nordic Cookbook may seem like a complete work, Nilsson felt something was missing
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