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Opinion | Democrats have a serious challenge — and opportunity — on foreign policy

10/17/2018, 7:05:17 PM
What will Democrats offer as an alternative to Trumpian foreign policy chaos? ✔ President Trump holds a sword and dances during a welcome ceremony last year at Murabba Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ✔ Can we revive the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a major economic and strategic boon to the United States and our democratic Asian allies


Video shows students screaming and fleeing Crimea gun attack that killed 17 and injured 40

10/17/2018, 5:33:02 PM
A TEEN shooter shot 17 people dead and injured at least 40 before killing himself in a mass shooting at the Kerch Polytechnic College in the Russian territory of Crimea. Footage shows students screaming and fleeing from the attack as gunshots can be heard in the background. ✔ It was impossible to understand what nationality they are ✔ Police initially believed the nail-bomb blast was a gas explosion, before saying they suspected it was a terror attack ✔ All the victims died as a result of gunshot wounds ✔ Providing security to the peninsula has been a priority for Moscow


Latest Ebola Outbreak Not An International Emergency, WHO Says

10/17/2018, 5:50:44 PM
The outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever has already killed 139 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ✔ That kind of announcement at the highest level would [have been] a catalyst for contributing more technical expertise and leadership from the U.S. side, Inglesby said ✔ As long as there’s transmission we haven’t been able to track through contact tracing, it’s very dangerous, he told HuffPost, pointing to the worrying trends last week that over 70 percent of the cases found were not known contacts


Trump: Saudi Arabia has a 'tremendous order' for weapons that can create 500,000 jobs

10/17/2018, 4:41:58 PM
He’s not ready to walk away from Saudi Arabia just yet. ✔ Trump: We need Saudi Arabia in fight against terrorism President Trump on the mainstream media's handling of the economy, the midterm elections, plans to cut spending, boosting America's military, deregulation, trade talks with China, the future of U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia, his use of social media and the media's coverage of him ✔ The president in May pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal made by the Obama administration


Commentary: Khashoggi case shows America's collapsing Mideast clout

10/17/2018, 7:07:48 PM
When it comes to defining America’s quandary on Saudi Arabia, U.S. President Don... ✔ When it comes to defining America’s quandary on Saudi Arabia, U.S. President Donald Trump’s description is mercenary in the extreme ✔ Even Mideast states that were once seen as relatively moderate Western allies are increasingly playing by their own rules


Heartbreaking moment camel tries swimming out of flash flood

10/17/2018, 5:31:56 PM
The video shows the camel struggling in flash floods caused by torrential rain, in the al-Marah province of eastern Yemen. Cyclone Luban has caused when it struck on Sunday. ✔ Two aircraft, one Yemeni and the other from the United Arab Emirates, are ferrying residents of the provincial capital, Gheita, to safety ✔ The storm touched down far from the front lines of Yemen's civil war, in which a Saudi-led coalition has been battling Iran-aligned rebels since 2015


The sightless philanthropist who gave blind veterans hope

10/17/2018, 6:28:19 PM
THE Western Front during the First World War was an arena of brutal carnage. But for the men in the muddy, dangerous trenches, few experiences were more grim than the ordeal of being gassed by the enemy. ✔ Altogether, there were 188,000 British Army casualties from gas attacks during the war ✔ Express founder Sir Arthur Pearson (Image: Ernest H ✔ Mills/Getty Images) Indeed, the whole saga of the statue is up-lifting ✔ For more info or to donate, go to blindveterans.org.uk


Perspective | Of course Saudi Arabia’s leader doesn’t fear U.S. fury. We give him everything he wants.

10/17/2018, 4:29:16 PM
We've shown him, over and over, that he can act with impunity. ✔ President Trump visits Mohammad bin Salman in Riyadh last year ✔ At least two salvos have been aimed at Riyadh itself ✔ Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) vows to prevent business as usual until the Khashoggi affair is explained properly, and Sen ✔ strategy and communication shops have dropped the Saudis as clients ✔ Kavanaugh, saying it was being judged guilty until proven innocent


Nadal and Djokovic need to break silence over Saudi exhibition | Kevin Mitchell

10/17/2018, 6:45:06 PM
The two players appear to have remained deaf to growing clamour over seeming endorsement of Saudi Arabia amid outrage over disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi ✔ Saudi Arabia’s General Sport Authority announced on 7 October that Nadal and Djokovic would play each other in the King Salman championship ✔ A local report described it as a high-profile tournament .. ✔ Nadal and Djokovic, surely, cannot remain silent for much longer


Trump is placing his trust in someone who is either lying, or can't stop his henchmen from brutally killing journalists

10/17/2018, 7:57:15 PM
The details surrounding Khashoggi's disappearance are harrowing and deeply disturbing, but President Donald Trump has largely stood by the Saudi leadership despite the troubling allegations it faces. ✔ Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told Business Insider ✔ Mark Wilson/Getty Images On Monday, Trump suggested rogue killers could be behind Khashoggi's disappearance ✔ It looks today as if they can get whatever they want from the US and this administration, and it raises lots of questions as to why that is


In Riyadh, Pompeo’s Grin Contrasts With Image as Tough-Talking Diplomat

10/17/2018, 7:34:36 PM
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has cultivated an image of talking tough. But his trip to Saudi Arabia to discuss the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi offered a different picture. ✔ WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has cast himself as a tough, straight-talking former Army tank commander with the moral clarity necessary to confront the world’s bad guys ✔ A State Department spokeswoman said on Wednesday that Mr. Pompeo had not heard the tape


Trump reluctant to abandon Riyadh over journalist disappearance,...

10/17/2018, 6:39:16 PM
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he did not want to abandon close a... ✔ He met Turkey’s president and foreign minister to discuss the matter, a day after Trump gave Saudi Arabia the benefit of the doubt ✔ Their search included the roof and garage, and employed a drone to surveil the premises ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Spain to lead Japan in global life expectancy

10/17/2018, 5:05:15 PM
Spain will overtake Japan's long-held position at the top of the world's life expectancy rankings by 2040. The United States is set to take a big fall in global rankings, according to new research. ✔ MUST WATCH How long do you want to live ✔ The factors which caused the most premature mortalities were high blood pressure, high body mass index, high blood sugar, tobacco use and alcohol use, the researchers said ✔ According to the new research, British people's average lifespan will be 83.3 years (an increase of 2.5 years), Germans' will be 83.2 (up by 2.3 years) and an average Australian will live until age 84.1, a rise of 1.6 years which keeps them in the overall top ten


Khashoggi crisis threatens to alienate the foreign firms remaking Saudi Arabia's economy

10/17/2018, 6:38:41 PM
Saudi Arabia is depending on strategic partnerships with foreign companies for the technology and expertise necessary to fulfill Vision 2030. ✔ AMC's single screen in Riyadh is more than 20 times more profitable than the average AMC screen ✔ Today you've heard us change the nomenclature to 50 to 100 theaters in the foreseeable future ✔ I think the issues obviously have been around open civic dialogue around certain issues, Knell said


Trump casts doubt on audio of Jamal Khashoggi's murder

10/17/2018, 5:31:27 PM
President Donald Trump cast new doubt on claims that an audio tape of Jamal Khashoggi's death exists on Wednesday, telling reporters that he hasn't heard it if it does. ✔ 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to sue the monarchy for damages President Trump meanwhile pushed back on reporting on the subject that suggested his personal business interests are tying his tongue ✔ As I talked with Secretary Mnuchin about it last night, we'll be taking a look at it through the rest of the week,' Pompeo responded


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