What is the Yemen War about, who is fighting who, why is Saudi Arabia involved and how many dead?
10/15/2018, 12:51:36 PMA BRUTAL civil war raging in Yemen has claimed more than 16,000 lives and left 13million people on the brink of starvation. The conflict has been dubbed a “proxy war” among competing po… ✔ AFP 4 A severely malnourished child at a clinic in Aslam in the northwestern Hajjah province Is there a famine in Yemen ✔ As well as the sizeable death toll, the UNHCR believes over three million people have been displaced as a result of the conflict
Syria says it's ready to fight for Idlib if jihadists reject deal
10/15/2018, 1:08:26 PMSyria's foreign minister said on Monday that Syrian forces stand ready to f... ✔ Tahrir al-Sham, a jihadist alliance spearheaded by al Qaeda’s former Syrian affiliate, signaled on Sunday that it would abide by the terms of the deal, although it did not explicitly say so ✔ We value the efforts of all those striving - at home and abroad - to protect the liberated area and prevent its invasion and the perpetration of massacres in it, Tahrir al-Sham said in its statement ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Yemen facing the 'world's worst famine in 100 years', warns UN
10/15/2018, 3:43:02 PMThe UN's coordinator for Yemen warns 13 million people could die from starvation if fighting continues in the country, where a famine is likely to be officially declared in weeks ✔ Brutal effects of Yemeni war Show all 12 left Created with Sketch ✔ This is a catastrophic, man-made humanitarian crisis, we need to put all our efforts to put a peaceful end to this conflict ✔ Jan Egeland, of the Norwegian Refugee Council, agreed ✔ They said malnutrition, displacement and air strikes on water supplies could spark a new wave of the disease nationwide
India, China launch joint training for Afghanistan, plan more projects
10/15/2018, 1:22:05 PMIndia and China launched a program on Monday to train Afghan diplomats and China... ✔ For example, India has remarkable edge in agriculture and medical services, and China in hybrid rice and poverty reduction, the ambassador, Luo Zhaohui, said in a speech ✔ I am sure that in the future days China-India cooperation in Afghanistan will span from training program to more concrete projects ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
North Korea - South Korea diplomacy flourishes, but what about Kim Jong Un's nukes?
10/15/2018, 2:36:51 PMAs long-rival Koreas reach a new bunch of agreements, many see U.S. goal of denuclearization lagging behind ✔ His North Korean counterpart, Ri Son Gwon, who heads an agency dealing with inter-Korean affairs, said no group and no force will be able to prevent the path toward peace, prosperity and our nation's unification ✔ The South Korean press corps covering the ministry issued a statement denouncing it for a grave infringement of media freedoms
Trump '60 Minutes' Interview Highlights: Key Comments By President Before Midterm Elections
10/15/2018, 12:24:00 PMPresident Donald Trump opted for an interview on CBS, opening up about an array of topics including climate change, North Korea, Russia, White House politics and so on. ✔ The following are a few highlights from Trump’s 60 Minutes interview: Climate change Stahl started off the interview with the topic of climate change, which seemed apt in the wake of Hurricane Michael wreaking havoc in the Florida Panhandle, Georgia and parts of the Carolinas last week ✔ So I was very disappointed but we'll see what happens ✔ In this photo, Trump speaks during a Make America Great Again' rally at the Eastern Kentucky University, in Richmond, Oct. 13, 2018
Why the Patriarch of Constantinople Is Tearing the Orthodox Christian World in Half
10/15/2018, 12:37:03 PMTranslated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard Bartholomew met our expectations. Instead of Tomos of Autocephaly, naive Kiev fighters against the Russian world and the Third Rome received the restoration of the stauropegion of the Constantinople Patriarchate in Ukraine. ✔ Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard Bartholomew met our expectations ✔ I.e., this concerns the destabilisation of the situation and the provocation of religious conflicts not only in Ukraine, but also in Eastern Europe – in particular on the Balkans, in North Africa, in Asia Minor, and in the Levant
The work of jailed Bangladeshi photojournalist Shahidul Alam
10/15/2018, 1:51:51 PMAlam is an internationally recognised and award-winning photojournalist, teacher and activist, and has been imprisoned after speaking out on recent student protests in Bangladesh ✔ The event was held while the nation was reeling from the effects of a devastating flood ✔ Prior to his 91st birthday he was visited by Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh, who was presenting the seventh annual Nelson Mandela lecture Photograph: Shahidul Alam Burnt-out remains of Tazreen Fashion factory, Ashulia, Bangladesh, 2012 On 24 November 2012, a fatal fire killed 112 workers and injured more than 200, making it the deadliest factory fire in the nation’s history Photograph: Shahidul Alam Shahidul Alam Photograph: Drik
World War 3: Russian MP boasts TERRIFYING new defence system can ‘SHUT DOWN WHOLE PLANET'
10/15/2018, 1:49:43 PMA RUSSIAN MP has boasted the country’s terrifying defence system proposal could “shut down the whole planet” and destroy “every military jet”. ✔ But now they're scared, because Israel, the United States' close ally, is scared S-300s are nearby ✔ General Jeff Mac Mootry warned this week a Cold War 3.0 was underway near Norway ✔ We also see Russian fighters fly closer over our warships just to make their presence known, you could almost call it, in a provocative way
How the Saudis played Trump
10/15/2018, 12:03:33 PMPeter Bergen writes that the mysterious disappearance of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi, raises important questions, not only about the nature of the Saudi regime, but also about the Trump administration's uncritical embrace of its 33-year-old Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a close alliance that was engineered by President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who was awarded the Middle East portfolio during the presidential transition. ✔ Nayef was long regarded as a safe pair of hands by the CIA because of his aggressive efforts to stamp out al Qaeda in the kingdom when he was the Minister of the Interior ✔ After removing his cousin as Crown Prince and making himself the heir apparent, MBS also set out to remove all other possible challenges to his total grip on power using a Stalinist playbook, minus the gulags ✔ There is a useful Yiddish word for what this all amounts to: bupkis
Why people wear white poppies instead of red - and why it's so controversial
10/15/2018, 12:49:06 PMThe white poppy is a symbol of peace and pacifism, but it has caused some controversy in the past ✔ It is mid-October which means Remembrance Day will be upon us soon ✔ Read More Poppy ban on police cars sparks 'political correctness' fury days after students say they 'glorify war' It can be bought online (Image: Peace Pledge Union) Where can I get a white poppy
Belligerence in all directions: Trump seeks to reassert control of Latin America – Ken Livingstone
10/15/2018, 1:02:41 PMTrump is escalating attempts to push through regime change in Latin American countries that are not US puppets, while maintaining a hypocritical silence when it comes to the human rights abuses of US allies like Saudi Arabia. ✔ The sanctions have also increased political polarisation, making much needed dialogue more difficult just at the time when international voices are adding their support to try and move the country forwards ✔ The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT
Analysis | Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ interview causes the ‘Fox & Friends’ hosts’ monocles to pop out
10/15/2018, 2:41:46 PMFor once, a television interview in which Trump is challenged in real-time. ✔ The hosts went back and forth a bit and then showed a segment of the interview ✔ Unless you’re a Fox & Friends host, apparently ✔ pic.twitter.com/QsXCV7nVj3 Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) October 15, 2018 The response on Twitter was what you might expect
John Oliver: Trump and Bin Salman are 'similar in some of the worst ways'
10/15/2018, 3:31:07 PMThe Last Week Tonight host took aim at America’s ‘long and morally compromised history’ with Saudi Arabia ✔ John Oliver laid out the problematic relationship that Donald Trump shares with Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman, calling out their similarities ✔ But Oliver claimed that bin Salman is actually far from the political reformer that he’s being presented as and used a number of examples to show this, including their absolutely brutal war on Yemen
Harry stresses importance of family in first interview since baby news
10/15/2018, 3:58:31 PMDAD-TO-BE Prince Harry has underlined the importance of family life in his first interview to be aired since news of Meghan Markle’s pregnancy broke. Harry and Meghan are currently touring in Austr… ✔ Prince Harry and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, are expecting their first child in the spring, Kensington Palace said this morning ✔ Harry, 34, and Meghan, 37 along with Prince William and his wife, Kate, the duchess of Cambridge have stepped to the fore in the last year as Queen Elizabeth II, 92, slightly reduces her public schedule
Prince Harry gives first TV interview since the royal couple's baby announcement
10/15/2018, 12:49:10 PMThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex are currently down under on an international tour - but all eyes are on the couple since the baby news broke this morning ✔ He said serving in the army showed him that war has its price (Image: ABC) Meghan Markle is officially having a geriatric pregnancy - but there is now a better name for it So there and then the Invictus Games was born, kind of half stolen off the Americans
Here’s the painting Trump is displaying at the White House that everyone is talking about
10/15/2018, 2:49:04 PMObservers were surprised when 60 Minutes showed that a print of President Donald Trump and other Republican presidents was hanging in the White House. ✔ Thomas that he did not know how the work ended up in the White House but said that Rep ✔ Bush, as well as Thomas’s paintings of America’s Civil War battles and themes related to the wild West ✔ Greg Robb Greg Robb is a senior reporter for MarketWatch in Washington ✔ We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment
The Russian connection? Banned Facebook pages were featured on 2016 ‘blacklist’
10/15/2018, 3:59:56 PMA host of alternative news pages banned by Facebook last week were first featured on the PropOrNot blacklist in 2016 – a list of “Russian propaganda” sites that was compiled with little evidence and called “McCarthyite.” ✔ PropOrNot’s anonymous team did not explain its methods, or what criteria made a site ‘Russian propaganda’, but the Washington Post still ran a glowing feature on the site, which the paper said opposed Russia’s increasingly sophisticated propaganda machinery
Trump’s dangerous reliance on Saudi Arabia
10/15/2018, 12:36:43 PMundefined ✔ For all the sophistication with which he has manipulated opinion-formers in the US and Europe, the crown prince clearly failed to understand the potential impact of an action that was so brutal and brazen ✔ Put not your trust in princes was always sound advice
Trump's UN ambassador pick will show whether Pompeo and Bolton are taking control of foreign policy
10/15/2018, 2:01:24 PMAnalysis: The president will want star power at the UN while aides will look for someone to keep pushing a hardline agenda – in either case the smart money is on the new ambassador being a woman ✔ Glamour is the word Donald Trump used to describe what US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley had done to help raise the profile of her position ✔ The far-right congressman, who waxes nostalgically about the dictatorship, won the vote but not an outright victory
Perspective | What Jamal Khashoggi and Edward Snowden have in common
10/15/2018, 12:31:41 PMThe end of Saudi Arabia's hypocritical power. ✔ Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a regular contributor to PostEverything ✔ Immediately after the Snowden revelations, Henry Farrell and Martha Finnemore argued in Foreign Affairs that what made Snowden so damaging was twofold
Elizabeth Warren Took A Genetic Test And Says The Results Prove She Has Native American Ancestry
10/15/2018, 3:07:51 PM“The facts suggest that you absolutely have Native American ancestor in your pedigree.” ✔ https://t.co/r3SNzP22f8 10:33 AM - 15 Oct 2018 Reply Retweet Favorite President Trump has mocked Warren on several occasions for her purported Native American ancestry, referring to her as Pocahontas ✔ Here is Bustamante's report on Warren's genetic test: Download PDF
The Health 202: Maine's race for governor could end Medicaid standoff
10/15/2018, 12:19:35 PMGov. LePage has refused to implement a ballot initiative to expand Medicaid. His successor could change that. ✔ We are writing to understand what steps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is taking to investigate the recent increased reports of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) ✔ SUGAR RUSH Watch 8 noteworthy moments from Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ interview
Opinion | We’d be crippled by a cyberattack on our utilities
10/15/2018, 1:22:07 PMWe need to develop a new strategy that puts states at the forefront of our defense. ✔ Those responsible for protecting the actual delivery of public utility services need to be front and center in this effort ✔ The states, not the federal government, oversee and regulate the distribution of electricity, natural gas and water ✔ Brian Klaas: Stop calling it ‘meddling.’ It’s actually information warfare
Donald Trump suggests he does not know if climate change is manmade, saying: 'It'll change back again'
10/15/2018, 2:01:28 PMPresident says he does not want to 'give trillions and trillions of dollars' to tackle problem that threatens billions of lives across world ✔ Though Mr Trump insisted on the 2016 campaign trail that doing the job would be easy for him, he admitted in an interview that living in the White House is harder than running a business empire Reuters 21/24 Accusing Obama of wiretapping him Donald Trump accused former President Barack Obama of wire tapping him on twitter
Analysis | Trump is reluctant to give up Saudi deals over Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance. So is Europe.
10/15/2018, 12:13:05 PMEurope's cautious response raises the stakes for any decision President Trump will ultimately have to make. ✔ By Rick Noack Rick Noack Foreign affairs reporter focusing on Europe and international security Email Bio Follow October 15 at 7:49 AM BERLIN By the time the German coalition government was formed this spring, the country had become one of Saudi Arabia’s most outspoken critics ✔ In a country that’s already facing economic uncertainty over Brexit, the dismantling of Saudi ties could have severe repercussions
Who is Jamal Khashoggi, when did the journalist go missing and how as the Saudi government responded?
10/15/2018, 12:30:32 PMFEARS 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 on October 2 in I… ✔ Saudi Arabia has denied the accusations, saying it is working to search for him ✔ He claimed to know the terrorist during his formative years as a radical Islamist and interviewed him in Afghanistan in 1987 during the fight against Russian occupation ✔ He also met bin Laden in Tora Bora and lastly in Sudan in 1995 ✔ It is reported that Khashoggi once tried to persuade Bin Laden to stop his violence
Patrick Beverley and the Clippers are ready to scrap for 82 games, and maybe the playoffs - Los Angeles Times
10/15/2018, 2:14:37 PMThe Clippers exist for the time being in the uneasy limbo between the NBA’s contenders and rebuilders, but if hard-nosed veteran Patrick Beverley and his teammates have their way and keep their health, they'll scrap for every win this season. ✔ Patrick Beverley wasn’t searching for anything specific when he walked into the bookstore this summer ✔ The 30-year-old Clippers guard has been underlining passages in The Courage to Be Disliked ever since ✔ We don’t have nobody on this team that thinks they’re bigger than the program or thinks it’s all about them, Harrell said
An American and an Arab journalist walk into a Saudi Consulate
10/15/2018, 2:19:55 PMOn Thomas Friedman, 'his friend' Jamal Khashoggi, and our duty to expose the malicious ignorance of imperial messengers. ✔ It is rather the special combination of disarming incoherence and unearned egoism that gives him his cockily alarming plausibility ✔ The Listening Post Jamal Khashoggi, Mohammed bin Salman and the media ABOUT THE AUTHOR Hamid Dabashi Hamid Dabashi is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University
Analysis | The Daily 202: Joe Biden appeals to working-class whites who defected to Trump. Is that how Democrats win again?
10/15/2018, 2:13:19 PMNew poll puts the former V.P. at the top of the 2020 pack, as aides say the president fears Biden the most. ✔ Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) during a rally in Hammond, Ind ✔ I think it's a very unfair investigation because there was no collusion of any kind ✔ Soon Oles was inundated with calls and text messages ✔ The attacks, the bad mouthing, the speaking behind your back ✔ The free event was attended by more than 800 people
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