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Citing US Policy, North Korea Reluctant To Cooperate Over Denuclearization: Seoul Official

10/30/2018, 3:23:06 AM
The South Korean presidential adviser said North Korea is not prepared to accept an international nuclear inspection before the official declaration to end the Korean War. ✔ He concluded by saying he agrees with Pyongyang’s stance that a non-aggression end-of-war declaration must be signed before the international inspection and before submitting the nuclear list ✔ We’re not quite there yet, but we’ll get there, Pompeo had said



‘A Private War’ Movie Discussion

10/30/2018, 12:34:30 AM
On Monday, October 29, The Washington Post hosts a conversation about the upcoming film “A Private War” with lead actress, Rosamund Pike, and director, Matthew Heineman. The biographical drama depicts the life of American foreign correspondent Marie Colvin who was killed in 2012 at age 56 while covering the civil war and humanitarian crisis in Syria. Colvin put herself in harm’s way reporting on conflict across the globe, losing an eye to shrapnel during the civil war in Sri Lanka in 2001. Marie Colvin’s sister, Cat Colvin, also joins the discussion with Pike and Heineman. Washington Post Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mary Jordan moderates the conversation about the making of the film. Jordan spent 14 years abroad as a foreign correspondent and Washington Post co-bureau chief in Tokyo, Mexico City and London.



Aviation expert claims Indonesian plane crash was caused by a bomb

10/30/2018, 1:56:06 AM
Lion Air's flight JT-610 was heading to Pangkal Pinang, an island north of the capital, Jakarta, when it lost contact with air control about 6.33am on Monday local time - just 13 minutes after take-off. ✔ The Malaysian airline was flying from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore ✔ Outside of Lion Air's troubling aviation history, accidents are still rife ✔ Three years prior, in August of 2015, 54 people were killed after a Trigana aircraft crashed in poor weather conditions



Brazil's President-Elect Says That He's Not Interested In Taking Military Action Against Venezuela

10/30/2018, 1:32:21 AM
In an interview with Record TV, Jair Bolsonaro denied rumors that he'd received support from Colombia to intervene against Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro. ✔ Trump said in August 2017 that he wouldn't rule out military intervention in Venezuela to tackle the country's ongoing economic and political crisis ✔ According to the US State Department, the two discussed collaboration on priority foreign policy issues, such as Venezuela and the fight against transnational crime, and ways to strengthen economic ties between US and Brazil



Trump's Laura Ingraham Interview: Pittsburgh Shooter, Mail Bomber, Migrant Caravan, Other Highlights

10/30/2018, 7:51:11 AM
Here are the highlights of the one-on-one interview between President Donald Trump and Fox News' Laura Ingraham. ✔ President Donald Trump sat down with Fox News host Laura Ingraham for a one-on-one interview Monday to talk about an array of topics including the Tree of Life synagogue shooting, the mail bomber, the caravan, the term nationalist, and many more ✔ I think president Obama would have gone to war, if he had an extra year, he would be in, right now, war with North Korea… Look at what we have done



Venezuelans say Colombian rebels to blame for killing spree in mining zone

10/30/2018, 6:44:32 AM
Victims’ families say that the National Liberation Army is behind October massacre that left at least seven miners dead ✔ When Nassif Suliman’s daughter Adela left their home in Tumeremo to pan for gold in the wildcat mines in Venezuela’s southern jungle, he feared she would not return ✔ It was a normal walk until I saw bloodstains, and then just by a shrub 500 metres from the main road, I saw her body, all bloody and bruised, Suliman said, his voice quivering ✔ My family all say that they are guerrillas and that they are Colombian



US targets Chinese firm over security fears

10/30/2018, 5:44:00 AM
The US said trade with Chinese chipmaker Fujian Jinhua poses a risk to "national security interests". ✔ The move is the latest escalation in the Trump administration's efforts to stop alleged intellectual property theft ✔ The decision comes amid allegations that the state-backed company has stolen intellectual property from US chipmaker Micron Technology, according to reports ✔ The UK's cyber-defence watchdog also warned that the use of



Air pollution major cause of young children's deaths in India - World

10/30/2018, 6:58:20 AM
undefined ✔ Air pollution continues to remain a prime concern in India, even as the air quality in the country's capital city Delhi has remained in the very poor category over the past couple of days, and the situation is feared to worsen as winter set in and farmers continue to burn stubble in neighboring states of Haryana and Punjab



Trump says asylum seekers will live in tent cities before their day in court

10/30/2018, 4:37:35 AM
In an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, president said he is going to Pittsburgh to "pay my respects" ✔ It's -- when I say enemy of the people I'm talking about the fake news and it is fake ✔ The president also talked about the Florida gubernatorial race, calling Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum a stone-cold thief whose city is known as the most corrupt in Florida and one of the most corrupt in the nation ✔ DeSantis, Mr. Trump said, is a Harvard-Yale guy and said he's a very good person



Bristol Palin and Dakota Meyer Argue Over Daughters' Custody Schedule as He Admits He 'Failed' in Their Marriage

10/30/2018, 3:36:28 AM
Bristol Palin and Dakota Meyer's split is getting heated ✔ The two eventually agreed on a schedule for the girls to spend time with both parents equally, but tension lingered as Meyer said, That’s why we’re getting divorced, so we don’t have to see each other every day ✔ Meyer filed for divorce in February and they finalized it earlier this summer



UK’s weak response on Litvinenko murder encouraged Russia to carry out Salisbury attack, new report claims

10/30/2018, 12:55:03 AM
‘Ill-defined’ government policy towards Russian aggression should have been replaced by ‘deterrence by punishment’ after 2006 killing ✔ The list included cleaning the bathroom, not commenting on foreign political affairs online and taking better care of his cat (pictured) ✔ This cannot be ruled out either but is a long-standing threat; the UK would face it in any case, the paper concludes



5k armed troops, helicopters & drones: Pentagon braces for ‘migrant invasion’

10/30/2018, 1:01:38 AM
The White House is not joking around in its efforts to “deter” thousands of Central American migrants from entering the United States, announcing the deployment of 5,200 troops and dozens of “air assets” to the US-Mexico border. ✔ US Custom and Border Protection agents take part in a drill on Mexico - US border © Reuters / Jose Luis Gonzalez McAleenan noted that two caravans of migrants, including many families and unaccompanied minors, are currently making their way toward the United States



Pakistan: Dammed if you do, damned if you don't

10/30/2018, 6:38:51 AM
undefined ✔ On the face of it, this is a decision that invites ridicule ✔ The renewed ban on Indian TV and film is really a way of getting the Pakistani public's attention for this campaign ✔ What is not symbolic is the 2025 deadline for more water storage capacity to avoid a collapse in food production in Pakistan ✔ He is the author of 'Growing Pains: The Future of Democracy (and Work)



PETER OBORNE: Raise a glass to Phil-Your-Boots Hammond and his Budget

10/30/2018, 3:07:25 AM
When Chancellor Philip Hammond stood up at the Commons despatch box yesterday afternoon the nation was in need of cheering up. And — to put it frankly — Mrs May needed rescuing. ✔ A Budget that could be delivered by a new chancellor, Labour’s John McDonnell ✔ Instead we had an accumulation of relatively small and finickety announcements, such as the £400 million allocated to repair potholes ✔ But over the medium term there could be a heavy price to pay



How not taxing the rich got Pakistan into another fiscal crisis

10/30/2018, 7:15:30 AM
And what is the solution? ✔ The reason is simple: a widening of the tax base would essentially require the country's elites to tax themselves and to tax politically sensitive constituencies ✔ Counting the Cost Pakistan, the IMF and China: Imran Khan's economic challenges ABOUT THE AUTHOR Adeel Malik The writer is Globe fellow in the economies of Muslim Societies at the University of Oxford



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