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Jamal Khashoggi killing hurts Saudi war in Yemen

10/28/2018, 8:09:35 PM
The furor generated by the apparent killing of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the hands of a “hit team” of top Saudi officials could have some serious blowback for one of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s signature foreign policy initiatives: the increasingly troubling war in neighboring Yemen. ✔ Marred by tactical mistakes, heavy civilian casualties and what U.N ✔ undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, told the U.N ✔ It is just a quagmire that is benefiting Iran, Mr. Indyk told reporters in a teleconference last week ✔ However, I do not think he can afford a confrontation with the United States



Yemen's infants face starvation as war rages on

10/28/2018, 10:50:41 PM
Ahmed Hassan is only a few months old, but his emaciated frame twitches as he cries in pain when Yemeni doctors gently place him on a scale. He is starving. In the next room, nurses make baby formula by the pitcher, filling syringes to ration a portion for each malnourished… ✔ Ahmed Hassan is only a few months old, but his emaciated frame twitches as he cries in pain when Yemeni doctors gently place him on a scale ✔ So their children are left for days or weeks suffering malnutrition, until someone helps them out with a little money to get their kids to hospital



What remains to be done in the final phase of America's war on ISIS

10/28/2018, 11:18:43 PM
A year after ISIS lost their stronghold in Raqqa, their headquarters for three years, 60 Minutes reports on the Syrian forces who helped drive the extremists out. And the rebuilding process that's just beginning ✔ And this really has happened against very long odds with very few Americans with very little money ✔ Lindsey Graham: The Kurds have come forward when nobody else would to help us destroy ISIS, which is a threat to you, me, her, and everybody else ✔ Associate producers, Francois Bringer, Alex J. Diamond and Erin Horan



What happens to a city after ISIS leaves?

10/28/2018, 11:18:44 PM
Holly Williams returns to Raqqa, Syria to report what it looks like when a so-called caliphate crumbles ✔ And you also realize how quickly a pretty normal life, a life we would recognize, turns into something very different ✔ And they're running their taxis, and they're restarting their businesses, and they're cooking their kebabs, and they're rebuilding their houses ✔ The video above was produced by Ann Silvio and Lisa Orlando



Nuclear ban treaty could come into force in 2019, campaigners say

10/28/2018, 11:21:37 PM
A treaty banning nuclear weapons could come into force by the end of 2019, backe... ✔ If you follow that argument, that more nuclear weapons keeps us safer, then why have a problem with North Korea having nuclear weapons?, she said ✔ It’s a little bit like the gun debate in the United States – you feel safer, but all statistics and logic say that you are more likely to be shot if you have a weapon at home ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Women candidates challenged by history, party and sexism

10/28/2018, 8:49:35 PM
The 2018 midterm elections may have been deemed the "Year of the Woman," but the candidates still had to fight through "No," "Not yet" and "Do it the old way." Kyung Lah reports from a year on the trail. ✔ (CNN)Kristi Noem stepped on the clutch and shifted gear ✔ For all McGrath's assets -- military service, a mom, Kentucky roots -- the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee didn't want her, instead backing the mayor of Lexington to take on incumbent Rep



Here’s How A Handful Of American Tech Companies Radicalized The World

10/28/2018, 10:45:11 PM
On Sunday, far-right evangelical Jair Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil. The era of being surprised at this kind of politics is over. Now, we have to live with what we've done. ✔ Supporters of Brazilian right-wing presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro take part in a rally along Paulista Avenue, in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Sept ✔ It’s November 2017 and the streets of Warsaw fill with red flares, Polish flags, and anti-Semitic banners



MH370 ‘engine found in jungle is match for missing Boeing’, sleuth claims

10/28/2018, 8:48:26 PM
A SLEUTH who claims to have found parts of missing passenger plane MH370 in a Cambodian jungle now says he has seen an engine among the wreckage. Daniel Boyer previously claimed to have found the c… ✔ Images from Google Maps showed the outline of a large plane in a remote part of southern Cambodia  – which could simply be an aircraft flying directly below the satellite which photographed it ✔ Other than the Cambodian jungle theory, these include the suicidal pilot deliberately crashing into the sea, the aircraft being shot down by North Korea and a conspiracy to bring down the Malaysian government



Perspective | Why the Pittsburgh shooter raged about immigration before attacking a synagogue

10/28/2018, 8:09:37 PM
The deep ties between nativism and anti-Semitism. ✔ Publicly, HIAS also cooperated with the State Department as it helped Jewish emigrant hopefuls try to arrange safe passage to America ✔ But behind closed doors, HIAS lawyers frequently clashed with State Department officials and the Department of Labor over the latter’s implementation of immigration policies ✔ Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images Buy Photo Wait 1 second to continue



WWE defends 'incredibly tough decision' to go to Saudi Arabia

10/28/2018, 8:03:43 PM
Comes just weeks after Jamal Khashoggi was killed at the country's consulate in Istanbul ✔ But, it’s the sewer and the sewer is going to behave like the sewer, he said ✔ Mr Le Batard attributed WWE’s decision to monetary gain ✔ Tickets for the event reportedly sold out in less than three hours, with the venue having a capacity of approximately 25,000



Woman charged after 14 school children stabbed in China

10/28/2018, 8:03:47 PM
'She just ran at them - the teacher was dumbstruck,' witness claims ✔ Catalonia's national day, the 'Diada' commemorates the fall of Barcelona in the War of the Spanish Succession in 1714 and the region's subsequent loss of institutions and freedoms AFP/Getty 48/50 10 September 2018 An Indian man makes his way through floodwaters from the overflowing Panchanai River in Siliguri



Opinion | Bolsonaro Takes Brazil

10/28/2018, 11:23:46 PM
The former army captain ran as an alternative to socialist corruption. ✔ But he tread gently during his early years in office and conned the world into thinking he had invented a new kind of big government while he and his party abused their power ✔ Lula has shown no remorse, which adds insult to economic misery ✔ If he gets even half that done, Brazilians will be winners



Reclassifying remaining 4,000 tigers in world could help save them from extinction, new research says

10/28/2018, 8:03:48 PM
Preserving their genetic diversity will require making sure all six remaining subspecies are taken into account, according to author of research ✔ She also dug a cave under her home AFP/Getty 47/50 11 September 2018 People waving pro-independence Catalan flags 'Esteladas' while holding letters reading independence during a pro-independence demonstration in Barcelona to mark the National Day of Catalonia, the Diada



Turkey to open 'world's largest airport' in Istanbul

10/28/2018, 8:03:42 PM
Transport hub aims to serve double the number of passengers who travel through current busiest airport in Atlanta, after completion in ten years ✔ She also dug a cave under her home AFP/Getty 47/50 11 September 2018 People waving pro-independence Catalan flags 'Esteladas' while holding letters reading independence during a pro-independence demonstration in Barcelona to mark the National Day of Catalonia, the Diada



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