Japan confirms ID of journalist freed from Syria
10/24/2018, 11:51:10 AMA Japanese freelance journalist who was freed after more than three years of captivity in Syria said Wednesday he is safe in neighboring Turkey. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Japanese Embassy officials met with the journalist, Jumpei Yasuda, at an immigration center in southern Turkey near the border with… ✔ Contact was lost with Yasuda after he sent a message to another Japanese freelancer on June 23, 2015 ✔ In his last tweet two days earlier, Yasuda said his reporting was often obstructed and that he would stop tweeting his location and activities ✔ This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Japanese Journalist Freed From Syria
10/24/2018, 10:44:47 AMJapan confirmed that a man freed from Syria is Jumpei Yasuda, a freelance journalist who was kidnapped three years ago, and said he appears to be in good health. ✔ Mr. Yasuda’s parents earlier said they couldn’t wait to see their son return home ✔ Syria has been one of the most dangerous places for journalists since the conflict there began in March 2011, with dozens killed or kidnapped ✔ Several journalists are still missing in Syria and their fates are unknown
‘International terrorism’ funded through US ‘food stamps’ program – report
10/24/2018, 11:40:53 AMA new report from an American think tank claims government food assistance dollars have been used to fund terrorism, in addition to garden-variety domestic fraud. The scams are said to have been in place for over two decades. ✔ Terrorists have found other means of funding their struggle with government benefits ✔ The Tsarnaev brothers – who were behind the deadly Boston Marathon bombing – had received over $100,000 in food stamps and housing assistance over the ten years they’d lived in the US, the GAI report says ✔ The drug trade is a major revenue source for the Taliban
World War 3: US and China ‘heading for new Cold War’ with ‘high stakes tit-for-tat’
10/24/2018, 8:09:42 AMDETERIORATING relations between the United States and China have the potential to turn into a new cold war, a foreign relations expert has said. ✔ Taiwan took delivery of the first of a fleet of 144 F-16 jets which are being upgraded to make them more capable of defending the island in the face of China's enormous investment in its military ✔ The Secretary reassured Minister Wei that we haven't changed ourTaiwan policy, our one China policy
Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda may be free 3 years after kidnap in Syria
10/24/2018, 8:38:45 AMOfficials and family of Jumpei Yasuda in Japan eagerly await confirmation that man released by militant group is the freelance reporter ✔ Getty I was just praying for his safe return, his mother Sachiko Yasuda, 75, told Japan's NHK public television as she and her husband stood in front of their home outside Tokyo, holding a thousand cranes well-wishing origami ornament that she had added one every day for three years
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi and the Competing Visions of Islam
10/24/2018, 10:15:50 AMThe growing tensions between Turkey and Saudi Arabia after the murder of the Saudi journalist in Istanbul remind us of an older conflict between monarchical and republican Islam. ✔ Islamism, for its part, has become a red herring in accounts of Middle Eastern politics ✔ The party was furthermore brought down by a movement as popular as the one that had put it in power, thus allowing the army to intervene and impose its dictatorship on the country ✔ Faisal Devji is a professor of history and fellow of St ✔ Follow The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook and Twitter
Iran: Riyadh would not have murdered Khashoggi without U.S. protection
10/24/2018, 9:54:09 AMIranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Saudi Arabia would not h... ✔ Iran and Saudi Arabia are regional rivals and have supported opposing sides in the conflicts in Syria and Yemen and different political factions in Iraq and Lebanon ✔ Rouhani also called on Turkey’s government to conduct an impartial investigation into Khashoggi’s unprecedented murder ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Jamal Khashoggi was murdered because he had the world's most dangerous weapon
10/24/2018, 11:51:44 AMIt's amazing what you can do, with a pen ✔ That's what Adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin, Pol Pot and Donald Trump all decided, and they were right ✔ Photographer Phil Coburn lost both legs below the knee, and US Marine Mark Juarez also died (Image: PA) It's why, three months after Hitler seized power, the newspaper editor who did most to oppose him was sent to Dachau
Can Netflix's Fightworld help rehabilitate MMA's image?
10/24/2018, 8:04:20 AMAfter Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov’s acrimonious bout a week ago, UFC and MMA could use some good news. This docu-series about fight culture could be it ✔ As the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) expands its reach globally, mixed martial arts (MMA) is bigger than ever ✔ Partly, this is down to current digital camera technology, where it is possible to walk in almost anywhere and capture astonishing hi-def footage that feels both textured and breathtakingly immediate
Why US midterm elections matter for Korea
10/24/2018, 8:33:07 AMundefined ✔ By Troy Stangarone In less than two weeks, Americans will go to the polls for the midterm elections ✔ The turnover in the Senate will likely be smaller, but it will remain fairly evenly divided with no party having more than a slim majority ✔ Currently pending before the Senate is legislation (S
Abe vows to bolster ties with China day before Beijing trip
10/24/2018, 9:07:08 AMundefined ✔ Now 64, he has been prime minister since December 2012 and is determined to remain Japan's leader for three more years ✔ In his policy speech, Abe also said he wants to close unfinished World War II diplomatic legacies by also aiming to normalize ties with North Korea and resolving territorial disputes and sign peace treaty with Russia ✔ It's a major shift for a country that has long resisted having more non-Japanese residents
Former warlord Hekmatyar denounces Afghan election 'disgrace'
10/24/2018, 11:26:27 AMFormer warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, now leader of one of Afghanistan's most... ✔ Hekmatyar, whose fighters killed thousands in Kabul during the bloody civil war of the 1990s, remains a divisive figure in Afghanistan more than a year after he returned from exile ✔ Only around seven percent of the 2,500 candidates running represented a party, with the rest standing as independents ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
White South African Farmers Say ‘Da’ to Putin’s Asylum Offer
10/24/2018, 10:51:38 AMFor many South African farmers, who have witnessed their country descend from a first-rate economic marvel to a country now barely registering on the Human Development Index—with an unemployment rate approaching 60%—enough is enough. A good number of these hard-working folk have pulled up stakes and headed to the Russian grasslands between Ukraine and Kazakhstan, where more than 65% of the land is dedicated to agriculture. ✔ Roche explained to this reporter that while around 80% of South Africa’s 55 million inhabitants are black, and while whites comprise a mere 8.1% of that total, the murder rate is something like 1,370% greater than the murder rate of all Americans, regardless of what race they are and by which race they are murdered
Angelina Jolie advocates for 'shocking' Venezuelan refugee crisis
10/24/2018, 11:44:43 AMJolie was ending a three-day visit to Peru as a special envoy for the United Nations refugee agency. ✔ MAK REMISSA, EPA Fullscreen Jolie brought all six of her children to Cambodia for the film's opening ✔ In a way, the premiere brought the actress full circle ✔ The mother and son are seen here together at a movie premiere in 2004 ✔ Matt Cardy, Getty Images Fullscreen Last SlideNext Slide
Italy’s populist coalition ramps up pro-Russia rhetoric
10/24/2018, 11:28:59 AMundefined ✔ Giuseppe Conte, Italy’s prime minister, is meeting Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday, the culmination of a month of diplomatic overtures to the Kremlin by Rome’s populist coalition, which has ramped up its pro-Russia rhetoric since taking power ✔ Recommended Roman theatre clashes with the EU rule book Behind the scenes Italy has already tentatively proposed ways to soften the EU’s stance towards Russia, while maintaining a position that sanctions must be respected
XXXTentacion confessed to domestic abuse and other violent crimes in secret recording
10/24/2018, 8:59:43 AM'I started f***ing her up because she made one mistake... now she scared' ✔ The military parade was held to mark the nations 70th birthday, but refrained from showing off the intercontinental ballistic missiles that have seen it hit with multiple international sanctions AFP/Getty 46/50 8 September 2018 350.Org march for Climate Justice at the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City, Philippines
Meghan Markle reveals she paid her OWN way through university despite dad Thomas saying he stumped up cost
10/24/2018, 11:39:26 AMPREGNANT Meghan Markle appeared to make a subtle dig at her dad as she revealed her struggle to afford university during her first official speech as a member of the Royal Family. During a trip to … ✔ 2018 Stephen Lock / i-Images 24 Meghan and Harry arrive at the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji Reuters 24 The loved up couple are expecting their first child together in the spring Reuters 24 The duchess revealed her struggle to afford university during a powerful first official speech Rex Features 24 Meghan wore flowers in her hair for the visit to the uni after joining Harry later in the day Rex Features 24 Meghan's pink dress is by New York designer brand Figue PA:Press Association 24 Meghan is escorted through the market in Suva after huge crowds forced her to cut the visit short Rex Features 24 The couple enjoyed a performance on climate change by singers and dancers at the university Rex Features 24 The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are on their official 16-day Autumn tour visiting cities in Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand Reuters 24 Harry was without Meghan for the first engagement of the day but she later joined her husband Harry, 34, had earlier laid a wreath and met Fijian war veterans without his pregnant wife
Facebook Censorship of Alternative Media 'Just the Beginning', Says Top Neocon Insider
10/24/2018, 11:46:35 AMThis October, Facebook and Twitter deleted the accounts of hundreds of users, including many alternative media outlets maintained by American users. Among those wiped out in the coordinated purge were popular sites that scrutinized police brutality and U.S. interventionism, like The Free Thought Project, Anti-Media, and Cop Block, along with the pages of journalists like Rachel Blevins. ✔ This October, Facebook and Twitter deleted the accounts of hundreds of users, including many alternative media outlets maintained by American users ✔ When Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign floundered amid a mass revolt of the Republican Party’s middle American base against the party establishment, Fly was forced to cast about for new opportunities
Iranians will not risk peace in order to make a political point
10/24/2018, 11:37:00 AMundefined ✔ Reformists lost the presidential election to Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, and hardliners boasted of big nuclear and regional achievements ✔ It is true that people regularly stage street protests and chant anti-regime slogans ✔ Iranians love peace and will not readily risk their security, even though they may feel disillusioned now
Duchess of Sussex rushed away as visit to Fiji market cut short due to 'crowd management issues'
10/24/2018, 11:08:11 AMThe Duchess of Sussex's visit to a marketplace in Fiji to meet female entrepreneurs has been cut short due to "crowd management issues". ✔ The Duchess of Sussex's visit to a marketplace in Fiji to meet female entrepreneurs has been cut short due to crowd management issues ✔ Prince Harry was in the forest to formally recognise its dedication to the Queen’s Commmonwealth Canopy Project and to mark the occasion he unveiled a plaque and planted an indigenous Dakua tree, which is a threatened species in Fiji
Trump’s nutty views on trade are infiltrating foreign policy
10/24/2018, 10:48:11 AMDonald Trump’s ass-backwards views on trade are starting to influence foreign policy, international relationships and even national security. ✔ Even more disturbing is the president’s willingness to abdicate America’s historic role as a global beacon of morality and human rights, according to the Washington Post’s Phil Rucker and Josh Dawsey ✔ Trump, the businessman, thinks solely in terms of sales and profits ✔ We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment
Power Up: Democrats aren't a lock on retaking the House majority
10/24/2018, 10:02:48 AMPresident Trump's approval rating is up. ✔ Our colleagues Ashley Parker and Philip Rucker take a smart look at the scrambling to reverse-engineer policies to meet Trump’s sudden public promises or to search for evidence buttressing his conspiracy theories and falsehoods ✔ 😂 pic.twitter.com/jYHFPXsanl James Comey (@Comey) October 23, 2018
What's new on Netflix UK in November 2018 - best films and TV to watch
10/24/2018, 10:58:42 AMNetflix's November additions range from from The Sinner to Narcos, House of Cards and The Christmas Prince 2 ✔ Now, he must help his daughters harness their special abilities to continue the fight for good ✔ 1 Malone Our House RoboCop Sleepwalker The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin Thunderbolt and Lightfoot November 2 Daybreakers November 6 The Late Bloomer November 8 Neighbors November 9 An American Tail BASEketball Ali G Indahouse The Best of Me The Perfect Man Waterworld November 10 Almost Christmas Limitless November 15 The Windsors November 16 2 Guns Cam November 19 The Man Who Knew Infinity November 23 The Evolution Of Us
Critics are tearing Bohemian Rhapsody apart
10/24/2018, 8:59:39 AMIt's praise for Malek – but not for the remainder of the film ✔ It follows in a tradition of French rural family sagas like Jean De Florette or Manon Des Sources ✔ Support free-thinking journalism and subscribe to Independent Minds Bohemian Rhapsody also stars Lucy Boynton, Ben Hardy, Aiden Gillen and Mike Myers as EMI executive Ray Foster
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