'Sanctions relief key for North Korea denuclearization'
10/31/2018, 3:03:41 PMundefined ✔ The human rights situation in the North is so bad that we should be willing to trade sanctions relief for human rights improvement as well, he said ✔ From the perspective as an outsider, President Moon's policy is a pro-South Korea policy in that it directly represents the interests of all South Koreans in its priority of threat reduction
Turkish attacks in Syria prompt halt to fight against Islamic...
10/31/2018, 3:25:22 PMTurkish attacks in Kurdish-controlled territory in northern Syria have led to a ... ✔ BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkish attacks in Kurdish-controlled territory in northern Syria have led to a temporary halt in an offensive by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against Islamic State in eastern Syria, the SDF said on Wednesday ✔ The continuation of these attacks will cause a long halt in our military campaign against (Islamic State), it said in a statement ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Pompeo and Mattis call for Yemen cease-fire, political talks
10/31/2018, 3:37:27 PMWASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is calling for an urgent halt to the Saudi-Iran proxy war in Yemen and the start of negotiations in November toward a political settlement of a conflict that has pushed millions to the brink of starvation in the Arab world's poorest country. The renewed push for a political solution in Yemen comes amid growing criticism of U.S. military support for Saudi Arabia's Yemen air campaign and American arms sales to the Saudis, in the aftermath of the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Turkey.
[INTERVIEW] 'There's no way out if US sees North Korea through its frame'
10/31/2018, 3:03:15 PMundefined ✔ Inter-Korean relations should lead the denuclearization process The U.S. has been calling for South Korea to slow things down with the North, to align this with progress in denuclearization talks ✔ It needs to shut down political prison camps and address the human rights problem in order to have diplomatic normalization with the U.S.
How the murder of Jamal Khashoggi finally put the spotlight on UK arms sales and the war in Yemen
10/31/2018, 1:25:49 PMLast week, something rather unusual happened: a member of the British military establishment admitted total complicity in the devastation that is engulfing Yemen ✔ First, NGOs, activists, journalists and academics have been saying exactly what the Brigadier said for decades ✔ Dr Anna Stavrianakis is senior lecturer in international relations at the University of Sussex The Independent has launched its #FinalSay campaign to demand that voters are given a voice on the final Brexit deal
British PM May backs U.S. call for de-escalation in Yemen
10/31/2018, 12:50:06 PMBritish Prime Minister Theresa May backed a United States call for a de-escalati... ✔ Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May sits in the audience at the start of the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, Britain September 30, 2018 ✔ A nationwide ceasefire will only have an effect on the ground if it is underpinned by a political deal between the conflict parties ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Saudis, UAE pressured UN for favorable media coverage in exchange for Yemen aid – report
10/31/2018, 1:07:24 PMSaudi Arabia and the UAE demanded favorable PR from UN aid agencies at an unprecedented level, including articles written in major Western newspapers, in return for a $930 million aid package for Yemen, leaked documents reveal. ✔ READ MORE: ‘Evidence’ Saudi-led coalition aims to destroy food production in Houthi-controlled Yemen – report In addition to demanding that receiving agencies document Saudi and UAE-supported activities in Yemen with photographic and video material, Riyadh also asked that OCHA seek favorable publicity, highlighting our contribution in Yemen, in major foreign newspapers such as The Guardian and New York Times
UK welcomes U.S. call for end to fighting in Yemen
10/31/2018, 2:18:32 PMBritain welcomed a call by the United States to end the fighting in Yemen and sa... ✔ A Saudi-led coalition that intervened in Yemen’s war in 2015 has conducted frequent air strikes targeting the Iran-aligned Houthi group and has often hit civilians, although it denies doing so intentionally ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Trump's Venezuela and Cuba policy in focus in Bolton speech in Florida
10/31/2018, 3:57:08 PMThe White House is expected to give details about U.S. President Donald Trump�... ✔ But Trump has maintained diplomatic relations re-established under Obama with the former Cold War foe ✔ On Monday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed working on the issue with Brazil’s new President-elect Jair Bolsonaro ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
The hidden debt bomb that the Chinese have funded in emerging markets
10/31/2018, 3:37:38 PMChina has been lending billions to low-income countries, but almost no one knows how much debt is on the books of emerging-market countries, writes Carmen Reinhart. ✔ The early stages of the surge in external borrowing (or the honeymoon period) can also shed light on why the situation has become more precarious ✔ On the demand side, the loan surge was facilitated by many low-income countries’ comparatively clean balance sheets ✔ We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment
Carrying bloodstained backpacks, Yemeni children return to class
10/31/2018, 12:17:07 PMThe absence of 42 boys who were killed in a Saudi-led attack on a school bus weighs heavily on young survivors. ✔ The way the war is waged has systematically choked civilians by making less food available and affordable to millions of people ✔ Ahmed Ali Hanash attends class at his school which lost pupils in an August 2018 Saudi-led air strike on a school bus in Saada province [Naseh Shaker/Al Jazeera] ABOUT THE AUTHORS Naseh Shaker Faisal Edroos @
Russia Is Ready to Shoot Down Any US Plane Coordinating Drone Attacks on Its Syria Forces -- Russian Lawmaker
10/31/2018, 1:58:55 PMRussia is prepared to shoot down any US plane coordinating UAV attacks on its Hmeimim Air Base near Latakia, Syria, according to Vladimir Shamanov, head of the lower parliamentary house’s defense committee, former Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Airborne Troops. “In case of another U.S. drone attack on Russian Military Base in Syria, Russia is ready to shoot-down that plane,” Shamanov said. ✔ He spoke to reporters following the 4-way summit on Syria between France, Germany, Turkey and Russia ✔ Quite recently – I have informed my counterparts – artillery strikes were delivered from the Idlib zone in the direction of Aleppo ✔ Both aerial targets were destroyed at a safe distance from the base ✔ They are also reportedly mostly blamed on militant groups and not US activity
Russia's retaliatory sanctions target 360 Ukrainian companies & 50 individuals
10/31/2018, 1:17:49 PMThe Russian government is finalizing work on a sanctions bill against Ukraine, targeting 360 companies and more than 50 individuals. This comes in retaliation to Kiev’s economic restrictions against Moscow. ✔ According to the source, some Ukrainian top officials have radical views about Russia but don’t mind having business in the country ✔ Ukraine is also accusing Russia of supporting an armed uprising in the country's eastern regions following the Maidan protests that ousted President Viktor Yanukovich ✔ For more stories on economy & finance visit RT's business section Trends: Russia news Ukraine news
Analysis | The Ukrainian Orthodox Church is trying to withdraw from Moscow’s control. The Kremlin is not happy.
10/31/2018, 12:04:41 PMThings could get violent. ✔ Worshipers and clergy of each parish decide with which branch to align, though there are no formal rules internal to churches that govern the process of switching allegiances ✔ The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, DOD, or the U.S. Government
The unintended consequences of Jamal Khashoggi's killing
10/31/2018, 2:26:03 PMHas the Trump administration had a sudden attack of humanitarianism? Perhaps it was struck by warnings of nationwide famine in Yemen? Or did it move to call for a ceasefire in southern Arabia out of a sudden concern for its tattered citizens? ✔ MUST WATCH 14 million face imminent famine in Yemen 15:14 But he too cared to make sure that the Saudis, who are backed by the West including the US, UK and France, don't have to make the first move ✔ A positive, if unintended, consequence of the murder of a Saudi journalist who, ironically, has criticized his government's campaign in Yemen
South Sudan rebel leader Machar returns to mark peace deal
10/31/2018, 12:31:43 PMSouth Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar returned to the capital Juba on Wednesday t... ✔ Troops loyal to both men clashed in the capital that December and ethnically charged fighting soon spread across the state, shutting down oil fields, forcing millions to flee and killing hundreds of thousands of people ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Merkel urges companies to switch focus from Asia to Africa
10/31/2018, 3:06:05 PMundefined ✔ Merkel has placed a strong emphasis on African diplomacy in recent months, backing efforts to boost prosperity on the continent in order to dissuade its people, especially the young, from setting off for Europe ✔ Der Spiegel weekly also slammed the conference for putting business above politics by inviting autocratic leaders such as Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi who has thrown thousands of regime critics in jail and suppressed civil society
Khashoggi murder may be tipping point in Yemen's agony
10/31/2018, 2:07:42 PMInternational reaction to the killing has weakened the Saudi crown prince ✔ Until now the Saudi plan has been to capture the strategic port of Hodeidah from the Houthis, and so control the flow of illegal arms, tax revenue and humanitarian aid ✔ It may be that Pompeo’s blueprint collapses, due to the intransigence of local actors, but as the search for Khashoggi’s body continues many will hope that an end to the starvation in Yemen may yet be his greatest legacy
Moon faces daunting task to advance denuke talks
10/31/2018, 3:04:01 PMundefined ✔ North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, shakes hands with President Moon Jae-in in April this year ✔ But Trump later chilled down Moon's sanctions-easing agenda with a stinging rebuke: They do nothing without our approval ✔ General Assembly committee that deals with human rights issues
Home is right there but out of reach
10/31/2018, 3:08:16 PMundefined ✔ His brothers made the dangerous 20-minute trip over the water to land on Gyodong first and his mother and sisters escaped the North and joined later ✔ I don't think my mother still be alive, but my only remaining wish is to visit her grave and call the word mother out loud
[INTERVIEW] 'Piecemeal strategy won't work'
10/31/2018, 3:08:03 PMundefined ✔ This is that the weapons program serves not only as a deterrent against real or imagined threats from the U.S. but also as a source of legitimacy for the regime, without which Kim would lose his revered status as monolithic leader ✔ I think we are past the time for symbolic gestures and declarations of intentions, Bang said
An Iron Curtain of social views is still evident in Europe, poll shows
10/31/2018, 3:34:23 PMEurope's physical Iron Curtain may have been drawn back at the end of the Cold War, but a clear division still exists between East and West when it comes to social attitudes. ✔ Europe's physical Iron Curtain may have been drawn back at the end of the Cold War, but a clear division still exists between East and West when it comes to social attitudes ✔ Eastern Europe more likely to believe its culture is superior The polling also explored the extent to which people across Europe considered their culture to be generally superior than that of others
Republican senators urge Trump to suspend nuclear talks with Saudi...
10/31/2018, 12:20:44 PMA group of Republican senators asked U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday to... ✔ The death of the Washington Post columnist, a U.S. resident who had American children, sparked global outrage and pitched the world’s top oil exporter into crisis ✔ The United States has called for transparency in the investigation of Khashoggi’s death and revoked the U.S. visas of some Saudis over the incident ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Iran, China, S. Korea on edge awaiting results of U.S. midterm elections
10/31/2018, 12:16:36 PMFrom North Korean to Iran, foreign leaders will rooting for different midterm election results – depending on their rapport with President Trump. ✔ They are really worried that the president, coming out on the other side of this election, may not be interested in this issue anymore, may be hog-tied or hand-tied by his Congress, or may even be … on the docket for impeachment, said Victor Cha, who served as the director for Asian affairs at the National Security Council during the Obama administration
Venezuela’s Latest Export: Infectious Diseases
10/31/2018, 3:12:15 PMDesperate refugees spread malaria, yellow fever, diphtheria, dengue and tuberculosis to neighboring countries as health-care system implodes. ✔ Venezuelan migrants join the wait for medical attention in the emergency room of the Erasmo Meoz Hospital in the Colombian border town of Cúcuta ✔ There’s a epidemiological blackout to shut us up, so the information doesn’t get out ✔ She cried uncontrollably while her mother tried to calm her down
Crying Rohingya refugee and ferocious tiger mauling its prey among stunning images to win photo competition
10/31/2018, 2:48:23 PMTHESE stunning images are the cream of the crop from this years Siena International Photo Awards. The snaps in this gallery have been whittled down from over 48,000 entries from some of the world&#… ✔ The snaps in this gallery have been whittled down from over 48,000 entries from some of the world's finest photographs ✔ The contest, now in its fourth year, allows submission in a range of categories including: Journeys and Adventures, The Beauty of Nature and Sports in Action
Regional presidents, Machar join South Sudan peace celebration
10/31/2018, 4:00:10 PMSouth Sudanese rebel leader and former first vice-president, Riek Machar, earlier returned to the country for the first time since 2016. He arrived in the capital, Juba, on Wednesday to join the event ✔ Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni, Somalia’s Mohammed Abdullahi Farmaajo, Sudan’s Omar Al-Bashir and Ethiopia’s president Sahle-Work Zewde, were among the dignitaries who joined the event ✔ International partners and mediators remain sceptical about the respect of this new deal following multiple ceasefire violations
Bolsonaro’s election is catastrophic news for Brazil’s indigenous tribes | Fiona Watson
10/31/2018, 2:30:49 PMThe new president’s victory will embolden the brutal mining and logging gangs, says Fiona Watson, director of research and advocacy at Survival International ✔ In May, two uncontacted Yanomami were reportedly murdered by gold miners working illegally near their community ✔ As long as the sun still shines, and while there is still fresh air under the shade of a tree, while there is still a river to bathe in, we will fight
Khashoggi latest: Trump urged to SUSPEND nuclear talks as Saudi Arabia tensions escalate
10/31/2018, 2:59:39 PMDONALD Trump has been urged to stop nuclear weapons talks with Saudi Arabia after the shock murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as tensions between the two nations escalate. ✔ We therefore request that you suspend any related negotiations for a US-Saudi civil nuclear agreement for the foreseeable future ✔ His decapitated body parts - including his face - was found in a garden 500 meters away ✔ Saudi Arabia has detained 18 people and dismissed five senior government officials as part of the investigation into Khashoggi's murder
North Korean media steps up demand for Seoul to lift sanctions
10/31/2018, 3:07:17 PMundefined ✔ South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha recently caused a stir by saying that the government is reviewing lifting the 2010 sanctions ✔ It is very tragic to see such a legal and institutional device in place even today when the relations between the North and the South have entered into a new phase of development, it said
Crude oil tips higher but is about to log a 9% October retreat
10/31/2018, 12:28:45 PMOil futures prices on Wednesday crawled up from the over two-month lows struck a day earlier as the two major benchmarks looked to close out October with steep monthly losses amid a mixed outlook for global supply issues. ✔ A perhaps more important question has been whether other producers will make up the lost supply ✔ Comments in recent weeks by the Saudis that they could ramp up output at an event faster ratereaching at least 11 million barrels a dayhave further weighed on prices of late ✔ Subscribe to MarketWatch's free Need to Know newsletter ✔ We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment
New Zealand is best place to do business but UK slips to ninth – report
10/31/2018, 2:07:44 PMNew Zealand remains top of World Bank’s rankings despite no reforms in past year ✔ New Zealand has topped the World Bank’s rankings of the best countries to start and run a business in 2018, ahead of Singapore, Denmark and Hong Kong ✔ It’s critical for governments to accelerate efforts to create the conditions for private enterprise to thrive and communities to prosper
Senior Saudi prince returns home amid Khashoggi murder crisis
10/31/2018, 3:25:34 PMA senior Saudi Arabian prince who recently appeared to criticize the king and cr... ✔ Since his father acceded to the throne in 2015, 33-year-old Prince Mohammed sent shockwaves through a dynasty that prizes seniority and balance, by concentrating power in one branch to an extent unprecedented since the days of his grandfather ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
World Taekwondo chief proud of taekwondo's role in improving inter-Korean relations
10/31/2018, 3:07:20 PMundefined ✔ I believe taekwondo will be remembered as a sport that has contributed to peace on the Korean peninsula ✔ I want to go to my parents' hometown, but this time I think I'll have to be satisfied with our work of strengthening cooperation and having developmental discussions
River Phoenix Died 25 Years Ago Today at 23: Inside the Beloved Actor's Turbulent Life
10/31/2018, 2:43:54 PMOct. 31, 2018 marks the 25th anniversary of River Phoenix's untimely death ✔ Oct. 31, 2018 marks the 25th anniversary of River Phoenix’s untimely death ✔ His Other Passions In addition to acting, two of Phoenix’s biggest passions were activism and music ✔ William Richert, director of 1988’s A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon , called Phoenix a risk-taker, a guy who constantly astonished you
U.S. Falls to Eighth in World’s Best Places to Do Business
10/31/2018, 1:29:33 PMThe U.S. fell two spots, dropping to eighth place, in the World Bank’s annual rankings of the world’s economies for their ease of doing business, as the American business environment was eclipsed by Norway and the Caucasus nation of Georgia. ✔ Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday ✔ But many basic business operations remain cumbersome in the U.S., such as starting a businesswhich typically takes six separate procedures and almost six business days of workearning the U.S. a ranking of 53rd
Senior Saudi Prince Returns to Kingdom as Royals Confront Khashoggi Crisis
10/31/2018, 3:51:29 PMThe return of King Salman’s brother, who had feared arrest if he went back to Saudi Arabia, may be a sign the royal family is seeking a unified response to the furor over the death of Jamal Khashoggi. ✔ They were chanting against the royal family because of Saudi Arabia’s leading role in the three-year-old civil war in Yemen, which has led to a military stalemate and a humanitarian disaster ✔ The people of Saudi Arabia are happy with the leadership ✔ Underneath, he said, there is a game to save somebody
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New tyranny of dollar
10/31/2018, 3:08:10 PMundefined ✔ Unlike the West's sanctions against Iraq in the 1990s, they offered a way to punish regimes rather than entire populations ✔ Under President Barack Obama, targeted sanctions became America's weapon of first resort ✔ Copyright belongs to Project Syndicate ( www.project-syndicate.org )
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10/31/2018, 1:47:36 PMDriver tries to cross rushing floodwaters after driving around barricade ✔ She also dug a cave under her home AFP/Getty 50/50 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
Meet Beto O'Rourke, the man fighting to unseat Ted Cruz in US midterm elections
10/31/2018, 1:47:40 PMDemocrat politician is hoping to unseat former Republican presidential candidate ✔ Reuters 46/50 15 September 2018 German Police have begun evicting activists from the Hambacher Forest where a protest to protect the remaining section of the ancient forest has been ongoing for the past 6 years ✔ Ted is strong on crime, the border and second amendment, loves our military, veterans, low taxes
Stacey Abrams does not want votes 'just because I'm a black woman' running for governor of Georgia
10/31/2018, 1:25:50 PM'Vote for me because I will uplift all Georgians' she says ✔ Catalan separatists put on a show of strength and unity at celebrations of the region's national day, nearly a year after a failed attempt to break away from Spain ✔ A recent poll on the right-leaning Fox News put her ahead of Mr Kemp and the momentum appears to be with her
Nancy Pelosi confident Democrats ‘will win’ back control of the US House
10/31/2018, 3:58:28 PMA number of crucial House of Representatives and Senate seats are up for grabs in Tuesday's midterms ✔ Up until today, I would’ve said, ‘If the election were held today, we would win.’ The leader of the Democrats in the House said now she thinks we will win, adding: Democrats will carry the House ✔ According to her, she could manufacture more masks but the material she needs are not always available ✔ What he was saying today has no relationship to what his authority is, she said
Inoffensively disastrous: Merkel’s blandness must not let her get away with historic failure
10/31/2018, 1:17:50 PMThe departing German chancellor leaves her country with a fractured domestic political scene and myriad intractable social challenges, the EU as weak as it has ever been, and grave international crises no closer to resolution. ✔ This was a problem both unknown in its scale, yet familiar in its nature ✔ Europe talks, and for better or for worse, other countries do – whatever claims exist of a new moral center of the West in Brussels or Berlin ✔ Share it with a friend! The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT
The Health 202: Arizona's Senate race illustrates Republicans' health-care bind
10/31/2018, 1:11:05 PMMcSally is parrying attacks on preexisting conditions. ✔ Just talked with Pfizer CEO and @SecAzar on our drug pricing blueprint ✔ Coming Up HHS Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children holds a meeting on Thursday and Friday ✔ SUGAR RUSH 'Love is going to win': Squirrel Hill residents react to shooting Thousands line streets for Pittsburgh victim Jerry Rabinowitz:
Analysis | The Daily 202: House races become more nationalized in Trump-era midterms
10/31/2018, 2:36:37 PM“In the age of Trump, everything is different,” says GOP county chair in North Carolina. ✔ George Holding (R-N.C.) speaks during a debate at the WRAL studios in Raleigh ✔ Seung Min Kim, Josh Dawsey and Mark Berman report: The hastily planned day trip which the city’s mayor urged Trump not to make was executed with no advance public itinerary and without congressional and local politicians
Analysis | The Finance 202: Trump says Democrats will tank the stock market. History suggests otherwise.
10/31/2018, 12:32:50 PMIn fact, the worst stock market performance since 1950's was under GOP control. ✔ That would give China’s factory owners an advantage when they sell their goods in the United States ✔ The murder of 11 people, many elderly, in the mass shooting this weekend resulted in the arrest of a man who allegedly made anti-Semitic and anti-immigrant rants online ✔ I can’t turn back: Migrant children trek through southern Mexico ✔ Late-night reactions to Trump’s interview on birthright citizenship:
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