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Tokyo confirms release of Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda after three years of captivity in Syria

10/25/2018, 8:13:57 PM
The government’s top spokesman attributed Yasuda’s release to efforts by an anti-terrorism intelligence unit in Tokyo, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe thanking Qatar and Turkey “for their great cooperation.” ✔ The government confirmed Wednesday that Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda, who was captured by an armed group in Syria three years ago, has been released and is now in Turkey, Foreign Minister Taro Kono announced ✔ Over the last three years, a trickle of videos and photos of Yasuda pleading for help had emerged


Journalist freed from Syria returns to Japan to relief and criticism

10/25/2018, 10:27:53 PM
A 44-year-old Japanese freelance journalist returned home on Thursday to rice balls cooked by his mother but an uncertain future more than three years after militants in Syria captured him in what he described as a physical and mental "hell". Jumpei Yasuda, who quit his job as a reporter on… ✔ Television footage showed a gaunt-looking Yasuda walking down stairs to a waiting car at Narita airport for a short ride to another airport building ✔ Yasuda returned to Iraq in 2007 to work as a cook at an Iraqi army training camp and in 2010 published a book in Japan about war zone labourers ✔ At the same time, I don’t know what will happen from here or what I should do, he said


Australia boosts LNG output to feed China's growing appetite

10/25/2018, 8:07:27 PM
Beijing's energy shift and US trade war provide an opening ✔ We recognized more than three years ago that the period of oversupply would not last and set about lining up projects to progress when the market rebalanced, Coleman said in June ✔ Santos was also founded in 1954 as an oil exploration company and entered the LNG business in 2006


Austria calls for EU-wide halt in arms sales to Saudi Arabia

10/25/2018, 10:12:52 PM
The European Union should halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia following the killing ... ✔ The European Parliament adopted a resolution on Thursday calling on member states to impose an EU-wide arms embargo on Saudi Arabia ✔ Merkel spoke to the king on Thursday, condemning the killing and saying Germany was ready to take appropriate measures along with international partners, her chancellery said ✔ ($1 = 0.8797 euros) Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Opinion | The U.S.-Saudi relationship is worth preserving — but not under the current terms

10/25/2018, 9:17:32 PM
The challenge isn’t just punishing Saudi Arabia for killing a journalist. The Saudis have been undermining U.S. interests, too.  ✔ By Aaron David Miller and Aaron David Miller Bio Follow Richard Sokolsky Richard Sokolsky Bio October 25 at 3:27 PM Aaron David Miller, a former Middle East analyst at the State Department and adviser in Republican and Democratic administrations, is a vice president and director of the Middle East program at the Woodrow Wilson Center ✔ The killing of Khashoggi reflects the culmination of a pattern of destructive MBS policies that the Trump administration has either ignored, enabled or supported through acquiescence or silence


Are crooked lawyers really helping asylum seeking 'liars'?

10/25/2018, 11:57:18 PM
Asylum seekers, illegal migrants and visa over-stayers of every nationality jostle with lawyers, carrying bulging briefcases of documents, who are about to fight for their right to live in this country. ✔ My relationship is very good with him and he calls me Dad ✔ In a welcome spark of common sense, the judge refused ✔ The hearing continued while the mystery of the letter remained unsolved ✔ My three days at Taylor House certainly did nothing to prove him wrong


Vaccine and drug combo offer hope against biggest infectious killer

10/25/2018, 10:50:40 PM
An estimated 10 million people developed tuberculosis last year, with 1.6 million dying from the preventable anbd curable disease. After centuries of struggle to fight it, a new vaccine and drug combination are offering hope to finally rid the world of the fatal disease. ✔ Many countries have had routine Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccinations, known as BCG, for tuberculosis for decades ✔ But if this could all come together soon, millions of lives can be saved, said Fujiwara.TB is an ancient disease and it is curable, she said


Global call is for US to stop being a threat to peace - Opinion

10/25/2018, 11:53:53 PM
undefined ✔ Supporters attend the Rally for the American Dream - Equal Education Rights for All, ahead of the start of the trial in a lawsuit accusing Harvard University of discriminating against Asian-American applicants, in Boston, Massachusetts, US, October 14, 2018 ✔ The fake Bloomberg story on Oct 4, the day Pence spoke at Hudson, about Apple and Amazon products containing a Chinese spy chip could well be part of this political campaign


From 'hell' to home: Journalist Jumpei Yasuda arrives in Japan after three years in captivity

10/25/2018, 8:13:51 PM
After three years of "hell," journalist Jumpei Yasuda is home. Yasuda arrived at Narita airporton Thursday evening, reuniting with his wife and parents for ✔ After three years of hell, journalist Jumpei Yasuda is home ✔ The 44-year-old freelance journalist was held hostage for 40 months in the war-torn country until being freed Tuesday ✔ She felt like she had suddenly been hit by lightning when she first heard that her husband had been freed from captivity


Perspective | There’s no such thing as a perfect nuclear arms deal. Trump doesn’t get that.

10/25/2018, 8:04:34 PM
They’re there to reduce the chances of catastrophe. ✔ There has been little tangible progress toward a substantive nuclear arms agreement with Pyongyang, but it is clear President Trump wants to be viewed as a great dealmaker ✔ It took years of consistent diplomatic pressure, but the Russians finally acquiesced and agreed to destroy the radar ✔ Because of that, he must learn to embrace imperfection


Brazil's Bolsonaro scraps pledge to quit Paris climate deal

10/25/2018, 9:23:54 PM
Brazil's presidential front-runner said on Thursday he would not leave the ... ✔ REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes Right-wing Congressman Jair Bolsonaro’s decision marks a surprising about-face for a candidate who enjoys strong support from Brazil’s powerful agribusiness lobby and has called conservation efforts a threat to Brazilian sovereignty ✔ Reuters was not immediately able to reach Mourão or Heleno for comment ✔ Bolsonaro and his team have given various reasons for why he refuses to take part in the debates ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


The US states with the lowest levels of health insurance, mapped

10/25/2018, 8:28:14 PM
Texas is the uninsured capital of the United States with over 17 per cent of residents lacking coverage ✔ 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 50/50 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


Michael Avenatti says in interview 2020 Democratic nominee should be ‘white male’

10/25/2018, 9:37:37 PM
Stormy Daniels' lawyer insists he was misquoted ✔ So, he praised it as the biggest crowd ever.Relatedly, Mr Trump also claimed that it stopped raining in Washington at the moment he was inaugurated ✔ I don’t generally go after people offensively, but if somebody comes after me, I will absolutely meet them every step of the way and then some, no question


'Donald Trump's plan to rip up the anti-ballistic missile treaty with the Soviet Union may not be as disastrous as we think'

10/25/2018, 8:17:37 PM
East-west relations now may be fraught once again, but the contrast between then and now – not least in Europe – is one reason why the INF treaty may indeed be reaching the end of its useful life ✔ Signed in 1987 by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, it can be seen in retrospect as the first big move towards the end of the Cold War ✔ The Independent has launched its #FinalSay campaign to demand that voters are given a voice on the final Brexit deal


Khashoggi Killing Overshadows Saudis’ Grand Economic Ambitions

10/25/2018, 10:59:32 PM
The killing of Jamal Khashoggi may be scaring away the foreign partners Saudi Arabia needs to overhaul its economy. Empty seats at a high-profile conference reflect the danger. ✔ In spite of its efforts to court foreign investment, the kingdom has struggled to shake its image as place to get financial help, not to park capital ✔ I do not see a major revolution in the business attitude toward the middle and long-term prospects of Saudi Arabia


At Netflix, Radical Transparency and Blunt Firings Unsettle the Ranks

10/25/2018, 8:08:37 PM
Buzzwords and anxiety fill the hallways as Hollywood giant tries to maintain a winning culture amid breakneck growth; the ‘N-word’ scandal gets ‘sunshined.’ ✔ The former executive in question was told clearly that they were being fired, after a series of conversations, because of their personal behavior, he added ✔ The lesson, Mr. Hastings wrote in another note to staff, is that crazy stuff happens in the fog of war


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