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Yemen at risk of 'big famine': UN humanitarian chief

10/24/2018, 6:59:31 AM
Under-secretary for humanitarian affairs says clashes around Yemen's Hodeidah have worsened the country's food crisis. ✔ Hodeidah has been under the control of Houthi rebels since 2014, along with other coastal cities and much of northern Yemen ✔ WATCH: Yemenis flee across Red Sea to escape war (01:58) The city's seaport was responsible for delivering 70 percent of Yemen's imports - mostly humanitarian aid, food and fuel - pre-215 ✔ WATCH: Inside Story - Do reports on atrocities serve any purpose


Japan awaits ID confirmation of reporter freed in Syria

10/24/2018, 5:28:39 AM
Japan was anxiously awaiting confirmation Wednesday that a man freed from Syria is a freelance journalist kidnapped three years ago. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters he was relieved by the news and is anxious to get the man's identify confirmed. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga has said the man… ✔ He was taken hostage in Iraq in 2004 with three other Japanese, but was freed after Islamic clerics negotiated his release ✔ His last work in Syria involved reporting on his friend Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist who was taken hostage and killed by the Islamic State group ✔ This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


Half of Yemeni population survives on foreign aid – UN

10/24/2018, 4:47:47 AM
The famine threatening war-torn Yemen is even worse than previous estimates which already called it the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. The UN now estimates 14 million people are at risk. ✔ Yemen is in the midst of the world's largest ever cholera outbreak, a situation exacerbated by what many believe to be deliberate targeting of hospitals by coalition forces ✔ Lowcock called for an increase of funding and support for aid operations, including an injection of foreign exchange into the economy, in addition to the cessation of hostilities surrounding the port and infrastructure areas


Congress sours on US-Saudi alliance after Khashoggi killing

10/24/2018, 4:09:46 AM
undefined ✔ It is not often that politicians pull rank on a Saudi prince ✔ We do not want to sanction the low-hanging fruit we want to go as high as possible ✔ Rand Paul, the only Republican dissenter from the Senate foreign relations committee effort to invoke the Global Magnitsky Act, refused to sign up only because he thought their attempt did not go far enough


Reaction as Man Utd lose & Man City sparkle

10/24/2018, 6:35:46 AM
undefined ✔ Jose Mourinho also had to put up with a few taunts from the travelling fans, with the former Inter Milan boss reminding them he won the treble while in Italy.. ✔ Captain David Silva and defender Aymeric Laporte netted in the first half before substitute Bernardo Silva sealed the points for Pep Guardiola's City slickers ✔ Sure we'll have time for a sprinkling of gossip, too


Abe vows to open Japan to 'work ready' talent

10/24/2018, 6:00:55 AM
Prime minister also pledges to improve foreign interns' working conditions ✔ To deal with the country's severe labor shortage, the government plans to accept foreign personnel who have a certain level of expertise and thus are work-ready, Abe told both houses of the Diet on Wednesday ✔ I want to deliver results that would benefit both countries, Abe said ✔ With a visit to China scheduled for Thursday, I intend to dramatically increase exchanges at all levels and bring Sino-Japanese relations to a whole new level, Abe said


Analysis | A witches’ brew of over-the-top Trump attacks

10/24/2018, 7:14:43 AM
The president's false claims and outrageous rhetoric keep escalating as the midterm elections approach. ✔ Many Democrats do want to raise taxes on the wealthy not middle-income Americans and do favor relatively modest gun-control proposals (which probably have little chance of passage) ✔ Four Pinocchios (About our rating scale) Send us facts to check by filling out this form Sign up for The Fact Checker weekly newsletter The Fact Checker is a verified signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network code of principles


How did Jamal Khashoggi die in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and what are the alleged audio recordings?

10/24/2018, 6:35:40 AM
JOURNALIST Jamal Khashoggi died at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018. The 59-year-old Washington Post columnist was a fierce critic of the Saudi government. Here’s what we kn… ✔ The anonymous source claimed Khashoggi could be heard screaming as he was dragged from the Consul General’s office to a desk in the other room ✔ 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


Pakistan secures $6B Saudi loan amid Khashoggi murder outrage

10/24/2018, 6:07:31 AM
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has secured $6 billion in financial support from Saudi Arabia as Riyadh reels from international outrage over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. ✔ Plaudits and criticism Khan faced domestic criticism for attending Saudi Arabia's so-called Davos in the desert, but Riyadh's pledge of financial support, which was larger than analysts expected, has also won him plaudits ✔ (Pakistan) can also now request a somewhat lesser sum from the IMF, which in turn will reduce some of the political risks of venturing to the Fund, a move that never plays well within the court of Pakistani opinion, said Kugelman


Small plane smashes into Los Angeles county highway

10/24/2018, 5:12:17 AM
'I picked a spot on the freeway,' says pilot who walked away unharmed ✔ Rescuers scrabbled through mud for survivors after the powerful earthquake sent hillsides crashing down onto homes, killing at least nine people and leaving dozens of people missing AFP/Getty 49/50 5 September 2018 US Capitol Police arrest a protestor as Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies during the second day of his US Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing to be an Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court


Rapper dies after falling off aeroplane wing during music video

10/24/2018, 5:12:26 AM
The 34-year-old trained "intensively" for months to perform the stunt ✔ President Donald Trump's newest Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is expected to face punishing questioning from Democrats this week over his endorsement of presidential immunity and his opposition to abortion AFP/Getty 50/50 4 September 2018 Damaged traffic boards and telecommunication relay poles after they were brought down by strong winds caused by typhoon Jebi in Osaka


Stacey Abrams' burning the Georgia flag with Confederate symbols resurfaces on the eve of a major debate

10/24/2018, 5:12:19 AM
If elected, Stacy Abrams could become the first black female governor of the nation ✔ - Morrison on October 22 issued an emotive apology to children who suffered sexual abuse, saying the state had failed to protect them from evil dark crimes committed over decades AFP/Getty 3/50 21 October 2018 A derailed train in Yian, eastern Taiwan


Defiant John Bolton signals no way back for arms control treaty after Vladimir Putin meeting

10/24/2018, 5:12:09 AM
Donald Trump's national security advisor warns Russia ‘not to mess with American elections’ ✔ Investigations in to the rocket's malfunction are ongoing Reuters 14/50 People look on at a damaged store after Hurricane Michael passed through Panama City, Florida ✔ They want to show the world they can withdraw from any agreements they don’t like


Joe Biden says silence in the face of white supremacy 'is complicity' during fiery speech against Trump

10/24/2018, 6:47:02 AM
Former vice president gins up support for Democrats in fiery Orlando speech ahead of midterms ✔ President Donald Trump's newest Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is expected to face punishing questioning from Democrats this week over his endorsement of presidential immunity and his opposition to abortion AFP/Getty 50/50 4 September 2018 Damaged traffic boards and telecommunication relay poles after they were brought down by strong winds caused by typhoon Jebi in Osaka


How to fix America's voting system. Make it more like Australia

10/24/2018, 5:12:22 AM
More than 90 per cent of Australians typically turn out to cast ballots for a federal election compared to 55 per cent of eligible Americans during the 2016 presidential election ✔ US President Donald Trump threatened to send the military to close its southern border if Mexico fails to stem the onslaught of migrants from Central America, in a series of tweets that blamed Democrats ahead of the midterm elections AFP/Getty 7/50 17 October 2018 Smoke billows following an Israeli air strike around the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah


Mysterious gold relic finally identified after baffling scientists for almost 150 years

10/24/2018, 5:12:17 AM
Plate uncovered alongside female skeleton beneath York station in 1872 ✔ The origin of a mysterious golden relic has been identified after leaving archaeologists baffled for almost 150 years ✔ The suspects Ruslan Boshirov and Alexander Petrov, are Russian nationals, and approximately 40 years old ✔ The coin, which was made of copper with a silver wash over the top, had the face of Septimius Severus on one side and Fortuna, the goddess of luck on the other


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