ISIS bomb maker blows himself up constructing explosives in Iraq
10/29/2018, 4:59:48 PMThe terrorist, codenamed Abu Moaaz, died in an explosion in Diyala province on Monday. He was described as a dangerous weapons expert whose devices killed police and civilians. ✔ An ISIS bomb maker has blown himself up while trying to manufacture explosives ✔ Moaaz was described as a dangerous bomb expert who helped make devices that were used in the killings of police and civilians in recent months ✔ Thanks to a fightback from the Iraqi Army and concerted bombing campaign led by America, ISIS was driven out of all of Iraq's major cities last year
Mail bomb suspect made numerous references on Facebook to Russian associates and echoed pro-Kremlin views
10/29/2018, 4:59:41 PMThe now deleted Facebook account belonging to Cesar Sayoc, the man charged with sending pipe bombs to prominent Democrats this week, discussed his “Russian brothers” and posted video links aligned with Russian views on the Syrian war. Sayoc’s Russian-themed discussions began abruptly in 2015. But the meaning and motive of the posts, many of them rambling and hard to understand, are not clear. The Washington Post obtained the posts from a researcher who collected them before Facebook deleted the account. ✔ These references to Russian associates on Facebook are repetitive, rambling and hard to understand ✔ We can’t afford to put Americans in harms way , as her Obama has done ✔ There has never been so many terrorist attack on American soil than Obama , Clinton administration
Israel has struck in Syria since Russia plane downed: Israeli official
10/29/2018, 5:21:35 PMIsrael has carried out attacks in Syria since the accidental shooting down of a ... ✔ Israel, which has carried out air strikes in Syria many times during the civil war, said after the incident it would work to improve deconfliction of its missions with Russian forces, but would not halt them ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Unprecedented Summit of Four in Istanbul Reveals Unbridged, Irreconcilable Differences Between Russia and the West Over Syria
10/29/2018, 4:30:08 PMThe summit meeting of the German chancellor and the presidents of Turkey, Russia and France in Istanbul this past Saturday has rightfully been called “unprecedented” by the world press. It was the first time Putin, Macron and Merkel sat together since the last G-20. It was the first meeting of two very different groups of backers of a Syrian settlement: the Astana Group, represented by Russia, and the so-called Small Group, represented by France and Germany. ✔ Her reticence is characteristic of her rule by silence these past thirteen years ✔ In conclusion, I believe that the world media, Western and Russian, have chosen not to highlight the issues I have raised here because of the complicity of the parties in presenting a fairly optimistic story to the general public while everyone temporizes
The Sweet Way Meghan Markle Honored Her Father-in-Law Prince Charles Through Her Jewelry
10/29/2018, 6:57:20 PMWhen Meghan Markle wore pieces from her favorite British ethical jeweler in Fiji, she gave a sartorial shout out not only to fairtrade jewelry, but also to her father-in-law ✔ The Peepal tree, which is found in South-East Asia and India and is honored for it’s medicinal properties, has beautiful heart-shaped leaves which have long been associated with fertility ✔ She’s sending important messages with her style choices and it’s just fantastic, we are totally thrilled!
Journalists At This Russian Newspaper Are Being Sent Bizarre And Threatening "Gifts"
10/29/2018, 5:00:50 PMThe latest is nine caged sheep wearing flak jackets with "press" written on them. ✔ Новая Газета @novaya_gazeta К редакции «подкинули» 9 баранов ✔ This time there was a warning against the entire editorial staff ✔ Amy Mackinnon @ak_mack A severed goat's head and a funeral wreath were sent to the newsroom of independent Russian newspaper @novaya_gazeta with threats against reporter Denis Korotkov, who has investigated the private military company Wagner ✔ We demand to investigate the facts of threats and punish those responsible
Venezuelan Socialists seek dialogue, opposition rebuffs
10/29/2018, 6:37:37 PMVenezuela's ruling Socialist Party has for weeks been seeking a dialogue pr... ✔ U.S. Senator Bob Corker urged renewed meetings of the Boston Group when he visited Venezuela in early October, according to two of the sources ✔ However, an internal Boston Group document warns that a brainstorming committee set up during Corker’s visit is not intended as a tool of mediation, negotiation, arbitration or conflict resolution ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Opinion | What’s happening now in America isn’t normal — and we shouldn’t accept it as such
10/29/2018, 7:10:46 PMThe United States has many flaws. What makes us different is our aspiration to do better. ✔ By Max Boot Max Boot Columnist covering national security Email Bio Follow Columnist October 29 at 1:21 PM When, shortly after the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, I wrote a column taking President Trump to task for encouraging right-wing extremism with his violent rhetoric, I expected to get a lot of blowback from his followers ✔ I know that abortion clinics have been attacked for decades
Three Gaza teens killed in Israeli airstrike
10/29/2018, 6:40:54 PMAn Israeli airstrike killed three young Palestinian teenagers near the fence that separates Gaza and Israel on Sunday evening, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. ✔ The health ministry named the boys as Khalid Abu Sa'ed, 14, Abdel Hameed Abu Zahir, 13, and Mohammed al-Satari, 13 ✔ Tensions between Israel and Gaza have been high for months ✔ Israel seldom acknowledges carrying out strikes in Syria, and it is practically unheard of incredibly rare for it to warn of those strikes in advance
U.S. restricts exports to Chinese semiconductor firm Fujian Jinhua
10/29/2018, 6:34:05 PMOpening a new front in its trade and technology disputes with China, the Trump a... ✔ Fujian Jinhua, which is starting up a new $5.7 billion chip factory in Fujian province, is linked to the Trump administration’s accusations that China has systematically stolen and forced the transfer of American technology ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
US restricts exports to Chinese semiconductor maker Fujian Jinhua
10/29/2018, 7:26:35 PMCommerce Department cites 'significant risk' to viability of American suppliers ✔ The world's top two economies are already waging a major tariff war over their trade disputes, with U.S. duties in place on $250 billion worth of Chinese goods and Chinese duties on $110 billion of U.S. goods ✔ Placing Jinhua on the Entity List will limit its ability to threaten the supply chain for essential components in our military systems
Cuban international business conclave bucks Trump and slump
10/29/2018, 6:21:36 PMCuba’s foreign trade and investment minister opened the country’s international ... ✔ Combined exports and imports fell around 25 percent from 2013 through 2017, with imports dropping to $11.3 billion from $15.6 billion, according to the government ✔ The government announced in July that a disastrous sugar harvest and drop in tourism would force further cuts in imports through the end of the year ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Why did Khashoggi murder get 24/7 coverage by corporate media? He was part of DC elite! – Lee Camp
10/29/2018, 4:36:14 PMSeeing US corporate media doing the right thing and covering journalist Jamal Khashoggi murder by Saudis 24/7 was like catching a shark reading a book, Lee Camp said on the latest 'Redacted Tonight' episode. ✔ They hardly talk about our massive weapons deals, which Trump was so proud of, he made his little crayon poster of it , he noted ✔ Imagine the number of people harmed by the 2008 financial collapse, the number of homes lost… But who went to prison ✔ WATCH THE FULL EPISODE HERE: Like this story ✔ Share it with a friend! Trends: Jamal Khashoggi news
Nine people wounded after woman blows herself up in central Tunis
10/29/2018, 4:09:12 PMA 30-year old woman blew herself up in the centre of the Tunisian capital Tunis on Monday, wounding nine people including eight police in what the Interior Ministry called a "terrorist explosion". ✔ A member of the Tunisian security forces stands guard at the site of the suicide attackCredit: FETHI BELAID/AFP In 2015, 21 people were killed during a hostage siege in its national museum, the Bardo in Tunis, and a gunman killed 38 people on a resort beach
Young Americans more likely to vote this year than past two midterm elections, new poll finds
10/29/2018, 6:36:46 PMTwo out of three 18 to 29-year-olds said they want Democrats to control Congress, according to research by Institute of Politics at Harvard University ✔ But even if next month's results follow that pattern, youth turnout will exceed that of recent prior midterms ✔ World news in pictures Show all 50 left Created with Sketch ✔ According to her, she could manufacture more masks but the material she needs are not always available ✔ The poll carries a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points
Jimmy Carter sends open letter to Georgia Republican governor candidate asking him to resign
10/29/2018, 4:22:51 PMBrian Kemp's Secretary of State office in charge of monitoring state elections, including his own ✔ 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 50/50 10 September 2018 An Indian man makes his way through floodwaters from the overflowing Panchanai River in Siliguri
Woman blows herself up in Tunis, wounding 15 people including 10...
10/29/2018, 6:47:28 PMA woman blew herself up in the center of the Tunisian capital on Monday, woundin... ✔ The woman left her city three days ago and told her family that she was going to the capital to look for work, said Walid Hkima an official in interior ministry ✔ It is credited for its democratic transition, its free elections and the guarantee of fundamental rights in its new constitution ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Women in South Korea are destroying makeup and cutting their hair in protest
10/29/2018, 6:03:46 PMCountry sees flawless feminine looks as being integral to success in career and relationships ✔ Addressing supporters in Sao Paulo, Haddad did not concede or even mention Bolsonaro by name ✔ In the past year, the country’s #MeToo movement has taken down multiple high-profile men accused of harassment and assault, including Ahn Hee-jung, a rising star in the ruling Democratic party
Trump joy over Bolsonaro suggests new rightwing axis in Americas and beyond
10/29/2018, 5:01:11 PMUS president says he will ‘work closely together’ with Brazil’s new hard-right leader while world’s far-right politicians share delight ✔ Germany – which has played a key role in climate consensus building – has been more focused on its own domestic political problems, including news that Chancellor Angela Merkel will be stepping down as head of her party ✔ As the Washington Post noted, his election marks the most dramatic shift to the right since the cold war-era military dictatorships in Latin America
Review: Lee Chang-dong's 'Burning' is a mesmerizing drama of rage, confusion and thwarted desire - Los Angeles Times
10/29/2018, 4:11:31 PMSouth Korean director Lee Chang-dong has delivered a masterpiece of psychological unease, that easily ranks among the year's best films. ✔ (I’ve never shed a tear in my life, Ben marvels with a chuckle after Hae-mi weepily recalls an emotionally fraught memory from their trip.) Steven Yeun in a scene from Burning ✔ ------------ ‘Burning’ (Not rated) (In Korean with English subtitles) Running time: 2 hours, 28 minutes
Ebola claims six more lives as the DRC's death toll reaches 170
10/29/2018, 5:44:19 PMSome 267 cases have been recorded as authorities warn of a 'second wave' in the town of Beni, which is near the Uganda border and is where the outbreak started. ✔ Butembo's mayor revealed the victim was a woman, who was likely infected as a result of her participating in an unsafe burial ✔ But the DRC's ministry of health claimed it was a man from a nearby town at the centre of the outbreak, who refused to cooperate with health authorities ✔ Hope exists though, after an experimental vaccine, called rVSV-ZEBOV, protected nearly 6,000 people
Turkey's Erdogan inaugurates 'world's largest airport' in Istanbul
10/29/2018, 7:32:36 PMPresident declared airport will be named Istanbul Airport and 'is a great service we are offering to the regional and the world' ✔ Turkey’s ambitious and long-serving leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Monday inaugurated what supporters have touted as the world’s largest airport, a sprawling complex of terminals and runways spread out across a set of former coal mines on a plot of land larger than New York’s Manhattan Island ✔ Human Rights Watch, the New York-based advocacy group, urged the release of dozens of labour leaders and activists arrested last month at the airport site in a protest over wages and rough working conditions
Brazil's new Tropical Trump president vows to change their destiny
10/29/2018, 5:44:21 PMControversial far-right candidate and ex-soldier Jair Bolsonaro (left) has pledged to change Brazil's destiny and steer people away from communism in his fist public comments since his landslide victory. ✔ He frequently disparaged women, gays and blacks, and said he would name military men to his Cabinet ✔ LGBTI: His program makes no mention of LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersexual) rights ✔ 'Let's be clear: the future ministry will come from the productive sector,' he said recently
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