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Half of Yemen 'on brink of famine'

10/24/2018, 4:29:24 PM
The UN warns that survey work shows 14 million people are now entirely reliant on aid for survival. ✔ The three criteria are: At least one in five households faces an extreme lack of food More than 30% of children under five are suffering from acute malnutrition At least two people out of every 10,000 are dying every day Mr Lowcock said assessments conducted a year ago, which are currently being repeated, had found that in 107 of Yemen's 333 districts the first two thresholds were either already exceeded or dangerously close



Yemen officials: Coalition set for fresh assault on key port

10/24/2018, 5:36:09 PM
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The Saudi-led coalition has sent reinforcements to Yemen's west coast ahead of a fresh assault on the rebel-held port city of Hodeida, Yemeni officials said Wednesday. The city is a lifeline for international aid deliveries, and the battle to wrest it from the rebels has, like the rest of Yemen's war, fallen into a stalemate. The officials said the reinforcements arrived Wednesday in tanks and armored vehicles provided by the United Arab Emirates, a key member of the coalition that has been battling the Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, since 2015.



NATO-friendly media & organizations refuse to address White Helmets’ atrocities

10/24/2018, 5:07:18 PM
The White Helmets are the flagship of the Western-manufactured “human rights” industry working to destabilize Syria and to criminalize the Syrian government and its allies. ✔ On a recent trip to East Aleppo, I visited Al Mashad square, only 200 meters from the White Helmet headquarters featured in the Oscar nominated movie ‘Last Men in Aleppo’ ✔ The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT



Family caught smuggling dead relative into Ukraine by strapping her into car seat and pretending she was alive

10/24/2018, 6:22:45 PM
Images show woman slumped in back with pillow covering her face ✔ Continuous rainfall has caused flooding and landslides in parts of Siliguri and surrounding areas, affecting road travel and daily life AFP/Getty 46/50 9 September 2018 Participants wave flowers as they march past a balcony from where North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un was watching, during a mass rally on Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang



Deadly air strike hits vegetable market in Hodeidah

10/24/2018, 7:21:13 PM
Locals and medical workers say at least 10 were killed in strike on a group of farmers. ✔ Saudi and Emirati officials say it is the main entry point for Iranian arms shipments for the Houthis ✔ According to the UN, at least 10,000 people have been killed since the coalition intervened in Yemen.The death toll has not been updated in years and is likely to be far higher



Jeff Bezos-Funded Super PAC Attacks Democrat As A Traitor Who Didn’t Support America After 9/11

10/24/2018, 5:08:03 PM
At issue is an editorial Lauren Baer wrote as a college student calling on the U.S. to intervene more to stop human rights atrocities overseas. ✔ The narrator continues to selectively quote from her column, stating that she criticized America’s shameful history of rarely standing up for righteousness and justice ✔ Mast echoed the attack on Baer’s patriotism in a debate on Tuesday ✔ Baer called the attack a disgraceful misconstrual of what I said



Daredevil’s ‘suffering makes a man’ trope is getting old

10/24/2018, 7:19:52 PM
Fetishizing men in pain has high, long-term costs for all genders ✔ That’s reflected in death tolls; as of 2018, the conflict in Afghanistan has killed 2,297 American men and 50 women ✔ In this Storystream Marvel on Netflix: news, reviews, and trailers on the streaming service’s MCU shows Daredevil’s ‘suffering makes a man’ trope is common, familiar, and bad for everyone Netflix has canceled Marvel’s Luke Cage View all 31 stories



Former England cricketer Nick Compton unveils debut photography exhibition

10/24/2018, 4:10:05 PM
Former England cricketer Nick Compton unveils debut photography exhibition ✔ It’s 5am on November 27, 2012 – the morning after the night before ✔ So one could be forgiven for assuming he’s sleeping off a nasty hangover ✔ The smiles, the faces and the people are just more interesting ✔ Wherever I go I’ll just try to show the country in its best light, its essence, the warmth of the personalities..



The US Army Invaded Russia Exactly 100 Years Ago - Russians Remember

10/24/2018, 6:24:01 PM
The 8000 expeditionary force, support of the White movement, and the most serious intentions – exactly 100 years ago, on August 15th, 1918, the US State Department officially declared the severance of diplomatic relations with Russia, after which the Americans disembarked in Vladivostok. This marked the beginning of the full-scale intervention of the Entente countries in a country that was already submerged in civil war. The material of RIA covers what memory the overseas military personnel in the Far East left behind. ✔ The leaders of the White movement provided the American, English, French, Japanese with concessions, and promised to pay imperial debts ✔ But war – shocking! Interference – shame! It was, they repeated, a matter of indifference to them how Russians settled their own affairs



Britain has sold its soul to the House of Saud. Shame on us | Owen Jones

10/24/2018, 6:18:00 PM
Outrage over the murder of Jamal Kashoggi will not last. Our complicity with this murderous dictatorship is a scandal, says the Guardian columnist Owen Jones ✔ There is, finally, some scrutiny of Britain’s sordid relationship with one of the most abhorrent dictatorships on Earth ✔ Earlier this year, our then foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, lauded an estimated £65bn worth of Saudi investment over the next decade, in sectors ranging from finance to education to healthcare to defence



Watch live: Trump speaks at event on opioid crisis after suspicious devices sent to Obamas, Clintons and others

10/24/2018, 7:10:18 PM
✔ She adds: The United States Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies are investigating and will take all appropriate actions to protect anyone threatened by these cowards ✔ Barabak Oct 19, 2018 | 12:54 PM Nancy Pelosi hints at short-term lease on House speakership Democrats have yet to win a House majority and Nancy Pelosi’s return as speaker is by no means certain, but already she has one eye on the exits



Ex-Doctor Who boss Steven Moffat says show 'looks cheap' next to Netflix hits

10/24/2018, 7:38:13 PM
THE new series of Doctor Who may have got off to a great start but its old showrunner fears it risks looking cheap. Steven Moffat was executive producer from 2009 up to the moment Broadchurch creat… ✔ In an exclusive interview, Cassidy said of his switch into acting: It was definitely my island – it was definitely my lighthouse ✔ And because I was able to do that, my body healed as my mind focused on something I love to do ✔ RING The Sun on 0207 782 4104 or WHATSAPP on 07423720250 or EMAIL exclusive@the-sun.co.uk



CNN offices evacuated over reports of 'explosive device'

10/24/2018, 4:00:51 PM
undefined ✔ Rise for Climate protests took places across the world to demand action Leo Sabangan/350.org (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) 47/50 7 September 2018 Displaced Syrians take part in a protest against the regime and its ally Russia at a camp for displaced people in Kafr Lusin near the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey in Syria's northern Idlib province AFP/Getty 48/50 6 September 2018 An aerial view of houses damaged by a landslide in Atsuma town, Hokkaido prefecture, after an earthquake hit the northern Japanese island



Office of Senator Kamala Harris and San Diego newspaper evacuated

10/24/2018, 5:14:42 PM
More than half-a-dozen suspicious packages were sent to high-profile people ✔ At least 17 people died after the derailment CNA/AFP/Getty 5/50 20 October 2018 US President Donald Trump waves as he boards Marine One after a Make America Great rally in Mesa, Arizona on October 19, 2018 ✔ Former President Bill Clinton was home when the device was intercepted at a Secret Service facility not near the Clintons’ home, but Ms Clinton was in Florida attending fundraising events, according to media reports



Secret Service says it did not intercept a suspicious package addressed to White House

10/24/2018, 5:39:22 PM
The U.S. Secret Service says media reports that it has intercepted a suspicious package bound for the White House “are incorrect.” ✔ The news network reported Wednesday morning that a police bomb squad was at its offices ✔ Pompeo announced the step at a State Department news conference Tuesday ✔ The individual spoke on condition of anonymity, fearing reprisal ✔ He commented as he left Joint Base Andrews for a political trip to Montana



Saudi crown prince calls Khashoggi killing case ‘painful’ in first remarks since admitting death

10/24/2018, 4:31:56 PM
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pledged that “justice will prevail” in the case involving the death of columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul earlier in October. ✔ The scandal over Khashoggi’s death undermined Saudi Arabia’s effort to draw international investment, with many prominent businessmen and media outlets dropping out of this year’s FII gathering in protest ✔ Khashoggi lived as a US resident and was a regular columnist for the Washington Post ✔ Trends: Jamal Khashoggi newsSaudi Arabia news



Japan's Shinzo Abe heads to Beijing for rare visit as both countries seek stronger alliance in Donald Trump era

10/24/2018, 4:27:23 PM
Shinzo Abe, the Japanese prime minister, arrives in Beijing on Thursday for a rare visit that marks a warming in relations between the world's second and third largest economies. ✔ Shinzo Abe, the Japanese prime minister, arrives in Beijing on Thursday for a rare visit that marks a warming in relations between the world's second and third largest economies ✔ Beijing and Tokyo have rowed for years over regional supremacy, and Japan’s bloody legacy of wartime occupation in China has never helped



The easiest—but most painful—thing Pulte Homes can do to boost sales still might not work

10/24/2018, 7:24:44 PM
PulteGroup shares bounced sharply since the home builder reported third-quarter results, but reduced affordability and continued weakness in housing market data suggest some painful measures may be needed to turn a growing number of browsers into buyers. ✔ MarketWatch JPMorgan’s Rehaut reiterated the underweight rating he’s maintained on Pulte since Sept ✔ Tomi Kilgore Tomi Kilgore is MarketWatch's deputy investing and corporate news editor and is based in New York ✔ We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment



Opinion | Saudi Probe Is Not a Job For the U.N.

10/24/2018, 4:03:39 PM
An international inquiry would set a dangerous precedent for the U.S. ✔ The murder of Jamal Khashoggi has justly triggered international outrage ✔ to investigate argue that with so much at stake, no sovereign state can be trusted to conduct a full and fair probe ✔ Yet that probe was shunned by most intelligence services and failed to bring to justice any high-level culprits



Opinion | The apparent attempts at terrorist bombings were absolutely predictable

10/24/2018, 4:28:20 PM
Everything in his rhetoric pushes his supporters in the direction of violence, even if only a few go that far. ✔ (AP Photo/Matt York) By Paul Waldman Paul Waldman Opinion writer covering politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer October 24 at 12:21 PM This is what’s happening today: The Secret Service said Wednesday that it had intercepted packages containing potential explosive devices addressed to former secretary of state Hillary Clinton in New York and former president Barack Obama in Washington ✔ He lauds a violent assault a Republican congressman committed against a reporter who had the temerity to ask about health care policy



Explosive devices sent to politicians were absolutely predictable

10/24/2018, 7:42:26 PM
There is no question Trump has sent the message to his supporters that politically motivated violence is not a violation of proper behaviour and ideals. ✔ Second, Trump regularly says that ordinary legal procedures and systems are inadequate to mete out the harsh punishment that those who oppose him deserve ✔ Washington Post US Midterm Elections Opinion Most Viewed in World Loading Please explain Our weekly podcast giving you insight into the stories that drive the nation



Turkey and the Khashoggi saga: How Erdogan played his cards right

10/24/2018, 6:00:16 PM
Ankara used the crisis to put pressure on a regional rival and recast its decaying relations with the US and the West. ✔ And most significantly Turkey pulled off a fairly miraculous forestalling of what appeared to be an impending Syrian-Russian-Iranian attack on Idlib that could have displaced and/or injured several million refugees living in the last major stronghold of the Syrian opposition



‘Internet of Battlefield Things’ Transforms Combat

10/24/2018, 7:15:26 PM
A variety of intelligent and semi-intelligent things are starting to talk to each other and work together on the battlefield, says Dr. Alexander Kott, chief scientist of the United States Army Research Lab. ✔ The 101st Airborne Combat Aviation Brigade operating in Bagram, Afghanistan, Oct. 22, 2018 ✔ Sometimes they don't work, and if you're talking about things on the battlefield in an environment of great stress, great confusion, the human being simply is not even able to notice



Everything Coming to (and Leaving) Netflix in November

10/24/2018, 5:30:04 PM
Highlights include season 6 of House of Cards, A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding and The Kominsky Method ✔ Ponysitters Club: Season 2 : NETFLIX ORIGINAL Skye and the Rescue Ranch gang return for another round of action-packed adventure, incredible friendship and adorable animals ✔ Leaving 11/1/18 Amelie Crossfire Cruel Intentions Cruel Intentions 2 Cruel Intentions 3 Hellboy II: The Golden Army Jurassic Park Jurassic Park III Oculus Phenomenon Run to me Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassins’ Ball Steel Magnolias The Invasion The Land Before Time The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving The Lazarus Effect The Lost World: Jurassic Park The Reader Up in the Air Leaving 11/12/18 Anna Karenina Leaving 11/16/18 Paddington Leaving 11/17/18 Undercover Boss: Seasons 1-5



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