Polio experts 'owe it to the children of the world' to wipe out the disease
10/23/2018, 9:51:12 PMAny let up in the fight against polio risks a resurgence of the disease, leading to hundreds of thousands of cases of the deadly virus every year across the globe, one of the world's leading polio experts has warned. ✔ The vaccine is then excreted and, very rarely, can mutate and spread to other children, especially where vaccination coverage is low ✔ Newsletter promotion - global health security - end of article Protect yourself and your family by learning more about Global Health Security
Man believed to be missing journalist Jumpei Yasuda in Syria freed
10/23/2018, 10:40:02 PMJapan's government said Tuesday that a man believed to be a Japanese freelance journalist who went m ✔ Several videos showing a man believed to be Yasuda have been released in the past year ✔ In March 2014, two Spanish journalists correspondent Javier Espinosa and photographer Ricardo Garcia Vilanova were released six months after being kidnapped by an al-Qaida-linked group
The Duke of Sussex lays wreath made from poppies in honour of Fijian war veterans
10/23/2018, 9:10:27 PMThe Duke of Sussex has laid a wreath made from poppies in honour of Fijian war veterans, after speaking movingly about serving with their countrymen in Afghanistan. ✔ Prince Harry lays a wreath at the National War MemorialCredit:Tim Rooke/REX She will then visit Suva Market to meet female vendors involved in the UN's Markets for Change project ✔ We trained together, we fought together, and most importantly we laughed together
Prince Harry Steps Out Solo to Lay Wreath at Fiji War Memorial as Meghan Cuts Back Tour Schedule
10/23/2018, 9:03:41 PMPrince Harry paid homage to Fijian war veterans on Wednesday when he visited the Suva War Memorial ✔ During a speech on their first night in Fiji, the Duke of Sussex said: As you know, Fiji has a long tradition of welcoming royal visitors over the years and our two countries have enjoyed a close relationship and friendship ✔ Harry will also plant an endangered native tree, Harry will meet with school children, student conservators, representatives from sustainable tourism industries, and local landowners and villagers to see how the rainforest impacts upon their education and livelihoods
Shakhtar Donetsk 0-3 Manchester City: Guardiola's men go top of Champions League group
10/23/2018, 9:52:05 PMDominant Manchester City produce a Champions League masterclass to sweep aside Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine and go top of Group F. ✔ The only surprise was that it took half an hour for City to break the deadlock, Silva following up his winner against Hoffenheim with an emphatic finish to set his team on their way ✔ Manchester City face two Premier League games - including a trip to Wembley to face Tottenham next Monday (22:00 BST) - as well as a Carabao Cup tie before they host Shakhtar in the Champions League (22:00 BST) on 7 November
Pakistan Gets $6 Billion in Saudi Aid at Controversial Investment Conference
10/23/2018, 8:10:06 PMNew Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan came away from a controversial Saudi economic conference with a pledge of at least $6 billion in financial support to help the country over a balance-of-payments crisis, the Pakistani government said. ✔ Mr. Khan used his visit to the conference to hold meetings with Saudi King Salman and the crown prince ✔ Unless we get loans from friendly countries or the IMF, we actually won’t have in another two or three months enough foreign exchange to service our debts or to pay for our imports ✔ Pakistan’s other two major borders, with Afghanistan and India are tense, with hundreds of thousands of Pakistani soldiers mobilized there
Prince Harry lays wreath for veterans in Fiji
10/23/2018, 11:08:23 PMThe Duke of Sussex has laid a wreath of poppies in honour of Fijian war veterans in a solemn ceremony in the country's capital. ✔ Britain's Prince Harry prepares to lay a wreath at the Suva War Memorial in Suva, Fiji, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018 ✔ PA Prince Harry Fiji Most Viewed in World Loading Please explain Our weekly podcast giving you insight into the stories that drive the nation
U.N. warns half Yemen's people could soon be on brink of famine
10/23/2018, 10:05:42 PMThe United Nations aid chief sounded the alarm at the Security Council on Tuesda... ✔ A Saudi-led military coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015, backing government forces fighting the Iran-allied Houthi group ✔ He appealed for a humanitarian ceasefire, protection of the supply of food and essential goods across the country, a larger and faster injection of foreign exchange into the economy through the central bank, increased humanitarian funding and support, and for the warring parties to engage in peace talks ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Informer, BBC1 review: Another troubled counter-terrorism officer, another boring cliche
10/23/2018, 10:05:12 PMThe series’ writers make you believe that people really could live such lives at the triangulation point of drug dealing, fried chicken meals and terrorism ✔ Shar actually has to practise his patois before he goes anywhere near his mark, Dadir Hassan, a drug dealer in the East End of London (and possibly with a more serious second job, waging jihad) ✔ I’ve no idea, and I’ve no idea what to make of Informer , to be honest
US' move hangs a sword over Russia - Opinion
10/23/2018, 11:44:24 PMundefined ✔ Editor's note: On Saturday, facing a group of Republican Party supporters, US President Donald Trump said he would withdraw the United States from the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia ✔ It should be noted that the US is seeking the upper hand at the cost of Europe's sense of security and amid escalating conflicts between NATO and Russia
White Widow Sally Jones 'ALIVE and fighting with ISIS after air strike'
10/23/2018, 11:51:02 PMWHITE Widow Sally Jones is alive and fighting with ISIS in Syria, it has been claimed. She was reported to have been killed along with son JoJo Dixon, 12, in an airstrike last October. Jones, 48, k… ✔ He was known for his work as a computer hacker working on behalf of the depraved terror group ✔ Their captives were in orange jumpsuits, bound and forced to kneel facing the camera before being shot in the back of the head ✔ His father died of liver cirrhosis two years after he was born
Pompeo Announces That The US Is Pulling Saudis' Visas Over Khashoggi's Murder
10/23/2018, 9:19:59 PMIt's the first action the United States has taken to respond to the death of the Washington Post columnist. Pompeo said it will not be the last. ✔ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Tuesday that the United States would cancel the visas of several Saudi officials would have their visas pulled over their alleged involvement in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the US permanent resident and Washington Post columnist who was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul three weeks ago ✔ CIA director Gina Haspel flew to Turkey on Monday where she is said to be seeking evidence of what took place
Brutal Saudi regime splashes £320,000 on freebie trips for British politicians
10/23/2018, 9:58:32 PMEXCLUSIVE: British politicians enjoy extravagant junkets to country which is responsible for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi ✔ After two free trips to Saudi Arabia costing £9,466, MP Kwasi Kwarteng told Parliament in 2016: I do not dispute that the Saudis have, at times, been overbearing and acted ultra vires, as we used to saybeyond their authorityand that civilians have been killed
Opinion | In Erdogan’s quest for answers over Khashoggi’s murder, there’s a broader agenda
10/23/2018, 8:41:33 PMKhashoggi's murder happened as the United States was on the verge of constructing its entire Middle East policy around MBS. ✔ With strong backing from the White House, MBS could survive this mess, albeit tainted and weakened ✔ Returning to a democratic order will make Erdogan’s claims to moral leadership much stronger and make it impossible for Americans to ignore Turkey’s role in the region
Is Saudi Arabia really a crucial strategic ally for the U.S.? - Los Angeles Times
10/23/2018, 11:59:10 PMIn weighing response to Saudi Arabia's possible role in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, President Trump has argued that the desert kingdom is a crucial strategic ally. But who needs whom more: Riyadh or Washington? An explainer. ✔ Critics point to another, more immediate benefit that Trump could have in mind: revenue for Trump family coffers from its business dealings with the Saudis and from Saudi dignitaries’ regular use of its properties, especially the expensive Trump International Hotel in Washington
Where have all the good Asian jobs gone?
10/23/2018, 10:06:11 PMEmerging nations struggle to follow Japan and China up employment value chain ✔ A fierce debate now rages about how far this target is likely to be missed ✔ Yet even those who argue that India is managing to create employment opportunities for its burgeoning population of young people struggle to claim that they are good quality -- a fact born out by the huge numbers who regularly scramble to secure menial public sector roles ✔ James Crabtree is an associate professor in practice at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore
WW3 WARNING: Expert warns US-Russia row gives 'green light' to development of NEW weapons
10/23/2018, 8:03:32 PMDONALD Trump's threat to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INR) Treaty could give the "green light" to many countries around the world to produce new nuclear missiles, warned international relations expert Remi Piet. ✔ WW3 warning: Experts claims US-Russia missile row could give 'green light' to new weapons (Image: FRANCE24•GETTY) This will give a green light to the weapon industry in the US or Russia Remi Piet Mr Trump told journalists he would keep increasing America’s stockpile of nuclear weapons until people come to their senses
The White House Is Warning That ‘Socialists’ Are Coming to Kill the Booming Economy
10/23/2018, 11:59:41 PMA report from the Council of Economic Advisers compares Bernie Sanders to Chairman Mao, and warns that pickup trucks cost more in Sweden. ✔ But it nonetheless seeks to connect liberals and their policy proposals to past socialist regimes ✔ The classical definition therefore stands in contrast to vernacular usage of communism to refer to historical instances of socialism where the degree of control was the highest, such as the U.S.S.R., Cuba, North Korea, or Maoist China
Breakingviews - Top Trump economic aide sells last of credibility
10/23/2018, 10:51:25 PM(Reuters Breakingviews) - Kevin Hassett is an economist who might have proved a ... ✔ It’s a thinly veiled political tilt at the economic straw man of socialism, issued just days before America’s midterm congressional elections ✔ That history is deployed to tarnish Democrats calling for single-payer healthcare, including Sanders by name ✔ Now he has laid out his pitch to move from economics to Trump’s campaign team
Champions League round-up: Valencia held as Bayern, Ajax win
10/23/2018, 10:30:31 PMManchester United's Group H rivals Young Boys registered their first point thanks to Guillaume Hoarau's second-half penalty in a 1-1 home draw against Valencia. ✔ The German champions, who went down to rare back-to-back Bundesliga defeats earlier this month, went ahead through Javi Martinez's scissor kick in the 61st minute ✔ Italian police said most of the injured were CSKA Moscow fans heading to the Stadio Olimpico
A Dangerous Dynasty: House of Assad, review: How a doctor ended up killing thousands
10/23/2018, 10:05:14 PMThe third and final instalment explores how Bashar al-Assad, once employed at the Western Eye Hospital in London, and his smart wife Asma, ended up cowering in their presidential palace from Isis ✔ There are documents to show that he personally approved any major decision – with his own signature ✔ Marie Colvin's On The Front longlisted for Orwell prize Show all 12 left Created with Sketch ✔ That was one of the atrocities that set the whole thing off
Trump adviser tells Putin: We'll quit arms control treaty you're...
10/23/2018, 8:03:44 PMWashington will press ahead with a plan to quit a landmark nuclear arms control ... ✔ Delegations, led by Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd R) and U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton (2nd L), attend a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia October 23, 2018 ✔ REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov COAT OF ARMS Putin made an acerbic reference to the U.S. coat of arms at the start of his meeting with Bolton ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
US stealth bomber forced to make emergency landing
10/23/2018, 8:17:46 PMA US Air Force B-2 stealth bomber safely landed at Colorado Springs Airport Tuesday morning after suffering an in-flight emergency, a spokesperson with the 21st Space Wing at Peterson Air Force Base confirmed to CNN. ✔ Photos: In the U.S. Air Force fleet OV-10 Bronco – A 21st Tactical Air Support Squadron OV-10 Bronco aircraft fires white phosphorus rockets to mark a target for an air strike during tactical air control training ✔ According to the B-2's primary contractor Northrop Grumman, the B-2 can fly 6,000 nautical miles before it needs to be refueled
Erdogan did not reveal Turkey's entire hand about Khashoggi killing to keep his leverage over Saudi Arabia
10/23/2018, 10:05:08 PMAnalysis: The macabre affair has provided an unexpected opportunity for Ankara to recalibrate its relations with Riyadh and possibly extract concessions on a number of issues ✔ President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a skilful politician who knows how to maximise his advantages and this was very much on display in his speech to the Turkish parliament ✔ It is almost certain that the audio recording of Mr Khashoggi’s final moments really exists and will finally be made public
Dismissing Russian concerns, John Bolton says there is no way to salvage nuclear weapons treaty
10/23/2018, 8:07:24 PMNational Security Adviser John Bolton said there’s no chance Trump will reverse its decision to withdraw from a landmark nuclear weapons accord. ✔ Quitting the agreement first and then discussing the hypothetical, ephemeral possibility of concluding a new treaty is a pretty risky stance ✔ Until people come to their senses, we will build it up, Trump said in reference to U.S. nuclear weapons capacity
US confirms withdrawal from nuclear arms treaty with Russia
10/23/2018, 8:35:43 PMJohn Bolton said Russia had been violating treaty for years and rising powers such as China meant there is a ‘new strategic reality’ ✔ Bolton met with Putin at the Kremlin on Tuesday, where he came to explain the US exit from the INF ✔ In fact, both the president and Mr Bolton decided to abandon mutual accusations and hold this serious, normal substantive conversation, and they did, he said, according to Interfax
How a water crisis in Jordan could threaten Middle East peace
10/23/2018, 10:12:07 PMJordan, one of the world's driest countries, is in desperate need of water, or the region's security and vital peace deals are on the line, Bel Trew reports in the fourth part of her Water Wars series ✔ Clad in identical polyester robes printed with pixelated pictures of Christ, the pilgrims on either side of the Jordan River gingerly nose their toes into its pea-green waters ✔ To put that in context that is only about 2 per cent of what Americans on average consume each year
In push for House control, Democrats in close races are dialing back the anti-Trump rhetoric
10/23/2018, 9:23:29 PMIn battleground districts held by Republicans, there’s scant talk of the Mueller investigation, Stormy Daniels or the president’s tweets. ✔ Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin and Democratic candidate Lauren Underwood for Illinois' 14th Congressional District candidate listen during a LGBTQ Roundtable after her endorsement on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018 in Geneva, Ill.(Photo: John Konstantaras, AP) BENTON, Illinois – Brendan Kelly, the Democratic county prosecutor who is looking to unseat Republican Rep ✔ He says he disapproves of the president's personal attacks and the administration's sharp reductions in the number of refugees allowed in the country
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