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George Soros, Yemen, Google: Your Thursday Briefing

11/1/2018, 9:39:42 AM
Here’s what you need to know to start your day. ✔ Here’s what you need to know: The vilification of George Soros The billionaire investor and Democratic donor was among those targeted in a series of mail bombs last week, and he has long been the focus of a loose network of activists and political figures on the right ✔ Business • More than 1,500 Google employees plan to walk out today to protest the company’s handling of sexual harassment accusations



Russia announces sanctions against senior Ukraine figures

11/1/2018, 11:51:43 AM
Moscow move affecting 322 people comes after Ukraine targeted Russian officials and businesses earlier this year ✔ The conflict goes back to Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and its backing for separatists in south-east Ukraine ✔ Also on the list was Victor Pinchuk, the billionaire steel magnate ✔ Some of the sanctions appeared designed to target Ukrainian exports like metals, poultry and a sunflower oil



Qatar backs renewed U.S. calls for Yemen ceasefire

11/1/2018, 8:10:19 AM
Qatar said it welcomed a renewed push by the United States for a ceasefire in Ye... ✔ Yemen is one of the poorest Arab countries and faces an overwhelming humanitarian crisis, a consequence of a war that pits the Iran-aligned Houthi forces against a Saudi-led, U.S.-backed military coalition fighting to restore the internationally recognized government ✔ Both sides in the conflict have been accused of serious human rights violations ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Koreas take measures to prevent possible conflict at border

11/1/2018, 8:09:10 AM
undefined ✔ The North also pledged to not use any of its artillery to keep the ongoing peace momentum on the Korean Peninsula on track ✔ As of Oct. 27, the two Koreas and the UNC completed verification of the disarmament of troops in the Joint Security Area (JSA) in the border area



Bangladesh PM to have unprecedented talks with opposition before poll

11/1/2018, 9:44:14 AM
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will sit down to unprecedented talks wit... ✔ That election was marred by widespread violence that killed hundreds of people and disrupted the impoverished South Asian country’s economic mainstay, the $30 billion-a-year export-driven garment industry ✔ The attorney-general has ruled out her taking part in the election ✔ Outgoing U.S. Ambassador Marcia Bernicat on Tuesday called the meeting a positive development ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



ISIS REVIVAL: Sick terrorists kill at least 40 US-backed forces in FEROCIOUS attack

11/1/2018, 10:26:55 AM
ISLAMIC State has launched a ferocious attack in Eastern Syria that has left 40 US-backed fighters dead. ✔ It is thought that the resurgence of the militant group is down to the breathing room afforded by conflicts elsewhere ✔ The predominantly Druze area had seen comparatively little conflict in the civil war until IS slaughtered over 200 of its people in July through a series of suicide bomb attacks and raids



French jihadist mums in Syria face terrible choice - keep or let go of their kids

11/1/2018, 9:30:24 AM
For dozens of French women detained in Syria, an impossible choice looms: keeping their children in a war zone, or sending them home knowing they might never see each other again. ✔ With a few exceptions such as Russia, Indonesia and Sudan, most countries have, like France, proved highly reluctant ✔ Otherwise, he warned, the children run a greater risk of radicalisation themselves -- turning the absent parent into a hero or a martyr



'We feel like hermit crabs': Myanmar's climate dispossessed

11/1/2018, 11:51:42 AM
In the coastal town of Khindan, the catastrophic effect of rising sea levels is all too apparent ✔ On a stiflingly hot morning, Daw Mya Htay rolls up her longyi , a Burmese sarong, ready to wade into the sea ✔ What’s most striking is that this year has been par for the course in terms of abnormal monsoon periods and natural disasters ✔ Climate activists welcome the government’s pledges, but say implementation must be quicker



Russia imposes financial sanctions on Ukrainian politicians

11/1/2018, 10:25:00 AM
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian government has imposed financial sanctions on Ukraine's political leadership in a largely symbolic gesture in the ongoing conflict between the two countries. Relations between Russia and Ukraine soured after Russia pushed through a separatist vote in Crimea and annexed the peninsula in 2014. Russia went on to back separatists in eastern Ukraine in a conflict that has claimed more than 10,000 lives. Russia's government on Thursday published a list of 322 individuals and 68 companies who will have their assets — if they have any — frozen in Russia. The list is a who's who of Ukrainian politics, comprising of cabinet ministers and top politicians including presidential contender Yulia Tymoshenko. The Ukrainian president is not on the list although his elder son has been blacklisted.



Rebel leader Riek Machar returns to mark peace deal in South Sudan

11/1/2018, 9:47:44 AM
EYE ON AFRICA : Celebrations are held in Juba to mark the latest peace deal aimed at ending South Sudan's five years of civil war. The agreement reinstat... ✔ Celebrations are held in Juba to mark the latest peace deal aimed at ending South Sudan's five years of civil war ✔ Also, opposition leaders in DR Congo say the country is still not ready for tense polls due in December ✔ And as election campaigning heats up in Madagascar, some of the poorest members of society are struggling to develop an interest in the event



Jeremy Hunt sets out policy vision for UK’s global relationships

11/1/2018, 9:45:57 AM
Foreign secretary says Saudis will remain allies despite focus on values-based diplomacy ✔ The foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has announced a commitment to a new values-based foreign policy, but tempered his vision by warning that unintended consequences – including even a regional Middle Eastern war – could result if the UK broke with Saudi Arabia over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi ✔ He was not directly asked if he agreed with Turkey that such a brutal murder could only have been carried out without the express endorsement of the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman



Russia to Adopt SUPERB Immigration Reform

11/1/2018, 10:54:15 AM
I wrote about upcoming changes to Russian immigration policy a few days ago. [Reproduced below.] Its main point boiled down to creating simplified naturalization procedures for people facing political persecution, with a clear eye to the Ukraine, as well as for highly qualified foreigners. I had two criticisms. ✔ I wrote about upcoming changes to Russian immigration policy a few days ago ✔ First, simplified naturalization for humanitarian reasons doesn’t do anything for Russians in places like Belorussia and Central Asia, let alone promote Ukrainian and Belorussian immigration ✔ Others also say that it may include Transnistria, Moldova, and the Baltics



NK, US to hold high-level talks next week

11/1/2018, 8:57:40 AM
undefined ✔ This is seen as signaling progress in the denuclearization process, after it appeared stalled for weeks as working-level talks failed to begin ✔ There was no mentioning of the date and location of the meeting next week, but media reports stated it could be held in New York on Nov. 9 ✔ This will likely be addressed at the meeting, he said



Ukrainians Believe Corruption Bigger Issue Than Rebellion in the East

11/1/2018, 8:28:28 AM
undefined ✔ The popularism espoused by opposition leader, former prime minister and head of Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party Yulia Tymoshenko and the leaders of the pro-Russia nationalist parties was considered to be a problem by only 16.5% of the respondents, and emigration is considered an issue by 12% ✔ With presidential and parliamentary elections slated for 2019 the population of Ukraine is deeply disillusioned with its leadership



To Trump's trade czar, the key to boosting U.S. industry is playing hardball with China - Los Angeles Times

11/1/2018, 10:13:52 AM
Robert Lighthizer emerges as Trump's big weapon in the economic battle with China ✔ During heated trade talks with Japan in the 1980s, Robert Lighthizer, then a top negotiator under President Reagan, earned the nickname missile man after he took one of Japan’s written offers, folded it into a paper airplane and flung it at the opposing side ✔ In recent years, though, many lawmakers and China policy hands in the West have come to the view that the strategy has not worked



Analysis | How do you make a hit political TV drama? Don’t talk too much about politics.

11/1/2018, 11:51:54 AM
‘Bodyguard,’ now on Netflix, is the BBC’s most-watched series for years. ✔ Indeed, rumors have begun to circulate that Madden is being considered to replace Craig in the role ✔ But the show does portray a nation that is ill at ease with itself, that sees threats more readily than opportunities, that is led by a political class that spends most of its time fighting among itself, and that is having a hard time distinguishing truth from fiction ✔ Perhaps, then, this is a show about politics after all



Russia imposes sanctions on Ukrainian companies and Kiev elite

11/1/2018, 10:31:01 AM
undefined ✔ Several businessmen were also sanctioned, including the billionaire Victor Pinchuk and Pavel Fuchs, a property developer who once unsuccessfully tried to build a Trump Tower in Moscow ✔ For now we don’t see that, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters



Analysis | With or without a plan, there’s almost no policy Trump isn’t ‘looking at’

11/1/2018, 11:13:12 AM
When it comes to policy questions, President Trump often reverts to his favorite non-answer: "We're looking at that." ✔ Ten days later, the White House backed off the proposal ✔ But his reaction at the end of an exchange with Axios was perhaps the most telling ✔ We will be looking at it very seriously over the next few weeks ✔ Less than two months later, the steel and aluminum tariffs were on the books



Russia, India & Iran want to create alternative trade route to Suez Canal – report

11/1/2018, 11:04:26 AM
Officials from India, Iran, and Russia are going to meet next month to negotiate a large joint project aimed at launching a new cargo transport corridor that could become a cheaper and shorter alternative to the Suez Canal. ✔ The 7,200-kilometers long corridor will combine sea and rail routes ✔ Annual capacity of the transport artery is expected to reach 30 million tons ✔ For more stories on economy & finance visit RT's business section Trends: India news Iran news Russia news



Trump says border troops could hit 15K, surprising Pentagon

11/1/2018, 9:02:18 AM
The Pentagon says "more than 7,000" troops were being sent to the southwest border to support the Customs and Border Protection agents.  ✔ Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images US President Donald Trump speaks during an election rally in Murphysboro, Illinois on October 27, 2018 ✔ You have caravans coming up that look a lot larger than it's reported actually ✔ However, the text of the amendment's opening Citizenship Clause is this: All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside



Power Up: In final campaign stretch, Trump is ... being Trump

11/1/2018, 10:02:59 AM
Seven ways 'The Art of the Deal' reflects Trump's campaign approach. ✔ It’s also what politicians do all the time, and I find it inappropriate, insulting, and condescending ✔ What we're seeing is that 82 percent say coverage of preexisting conditions is very important to them  even among the people that wanted to repeal the Affordable Care Act, 65 percent said it was very important to them



Opinion | Voters Must Reject The Moral Bankruptcy Of Trump's Republican Party

11/1/2018, 11:35:18 AM
The stakes in November transcend ideological preferences or partisan differences: They cut to the essence of America itself. ✔ Russia continues these blatant efforts in 2018: Late last month, the DOJ indicted a Russian linked to firms close to Putin for investing $10 million in a targeted social media campaign intended to sow division and discord in US political system and thereby influence public sentiment



US midterms set stage for mother of all White House battles

11/1/2018, 11:25:46 AM
undefined ✔ There have been dramatic US midterm elections before ✔ George W Bush’s thumpin in 2006 ended the reign of Dick Cheney, his pugilistic vice-president ✔ And the Tea Party came of age though never matured in Barack Obama’s midterm shellacking in 2010 ✔ He has said he would scrap birthright citizenship by executive order



Virtually every film coming out this holiday season - Los Angeles Times

11/1/2018, 10:13:44 AM
A list of films released during 2018’s holiday season from Nov. 7 through Jan. 11. Movies include “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch,” “Widows,” “Robin Hood,” “The Favourite,” “Anna and the Apocalypse” and “If Beale Street Could Talk." ✔ With Nick Nolte, Matt Dillon, Emily Mortimer, Sophia Lane Nolte, Jacqueline Bisset, Eric Roberts ✔ STXfilms ------------ Los Angeles Times film critics Kenneth Turan and Justin Chang chat about the holiday movies they're looking forward to seeing this busy holiday season



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