The Observer view on the ‘cessation of hostilities’ in Yemen | Observer editorial
11/4/2018, 6:27:39 AMDonald Trump’s intervention in the Yemen war would be welcome if it didn’t seem so cynical and ill-judged ✔ But Trump is under growing bipartisan pressure in Congress over the humanitarian disaster in Yemen, for which the Saudis are primarily blamed ✔ We must hope, in the first instance, that the Saudis desist from a new offensive on the besieged port of Hodeidah in the 30 days before the cessation supposedly begins
20 world wonders that you're not supposed to visit
11/4/2018, 7:24:58 AMBeautiful destinations around the world that are currently off-limits to British travellers. ✔ Lots of world wonders are currently off-limits to ordinary travellers, such as the following.. ✔ Hotels and guesthouses used by foreign nationals and the government of Afghanistan are subject to regular threats, The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) warns ✔ It consisted of two parallel walls that formed a barrier from the seashore up to the mountain
Utah mayor killed in "insider attack" in Afghanistan, officials say
11/4/2018, 4:18:11 AMBrent Taylor, mayor of North Ogden, deployed in January 2018 for what was supposed to be a 12-month tour ✔ Republican Senate candidate Mitt Romney said he is heartbroken with the tragic news ✔ President Trump has ordered an increase in troops, and part of the new strategy focuses on expanding the capabilities of the Afghan commando units ✔ That followed another insider attack that claimed the life of 20-year-old Army Cpl
Saudi-led Yemen strikes destroy UK aid with British bombs – Oxfam slams London’s ‘incoherent’ policy
11/4/2018, 6:04:19 AMHumanitarian aid projects funded by Oxfam in Yemen have repeatedly been bombed by the Saudi-led coalition, the British charity said, slamming the government for refusing to halt their support and weapon supplies to Riyadh. ✔ At the same time, despite UK’s hand in exacerbating the crisis, the country has also spent more than £400mn in aid to the country throughout the course of the war ✔ Share it with a friend! Trends: Saudi Arabia news Saudi-led coalition strikes in Yemen
Hollywood submarine movie runs aground in Russia, Ukraine
11/3/2018, 9:30:22 PMRelease of a Hollywood action film in which American soldiers rescue a Russian president during a coup attempt has been mysteriously postponed in Russia and Ukraine, with reports suggesting it could be banned due to its content. Released in the U.S. last week, "Hunter Killer" is a thriller starring Gerard… ✔ The movie's troubles in Russia follow its mysterious failure to open in neighboring Ukraine, with the distribution company telling AFP that the government is preventing the film from screening ✔ Saving Private Putin, Roman Polyoviy wrote mockingly on distributor Kinomania's Facebook page
World War I heroes tributes being defaced by vandals
11/4/2018, 12:54:02 AMThe lifesize cut-outs of Great War servicemen and women were designed by the Royal British Legion and fixed on buildings and installed in gardens, fields and roundabouts across the UK. ✔ I watched people I was very close to die in action so you can imagine my feelings.’ Elsewhere, vandals ripped the rifle from another statue in a remembrance garden on the outskirts of Market Deeping, Lincolnshire ✔ But in the summer of 1918, Owen went back to France
Rosamund larks around with A Private War co-star Jamie Dornan
11/4/2018, 12:54:12 AMThe British actress, 39, looked absolutely sensational in a black vest top and grey puff ball skirt which was clinched around her trim waist. ✔ Her performance as journalist Marie Colvin in the film A Private War proved she is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to next year's awards season ✔ Playing around: Rosamund showed that she also has a more playful side as she larked around with her co-star Jamie Dornan A Private War is based on an article about war correspondent Colvin, which was published in Vanity Fair magazine
Colliery brass band records album of peace songs to be sent to world leaders
11/3/2018, 9:57:07 PMEXCLUSIVE: The Desford Colliery Brass Band hope Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, Donald Trump and Theresa May will listen to Where Have All the Flowers Gone? and take their message on board ✔ Today the band – based in Coalville, Leics – is going string ✔ You stop for those two minutes and think how people died for us ✔ It’s also an album promoting peace, so hopefully these world leaders will listen to it and see the underlying message of communities coming together and how no one wants another war
Millions of Syrians at risk if Idlib truce fails, White Helmets warn
11/3/2018, 8:47:24 PMForeign secretary Jeremy Hunt told that west’s help will be vital if Russia breaks ceasefire ✔ We believe there is very important work to be done on stabilisation, with the potential to reduce the scale of the refugee crisis, by improving life conditions inside Syria, and maybe inspiring people to return, and paving the way for reconstruction, said Saleh
18,000 protest constitutional revision in front of Diet building
11/4/2018, 4:08:12 AMA massive rally opposing the Abe administration’s push for constitutional revision was staged in fro ✔ About 18,000 people participated, according to the organizer, which consists of citizen groups including Abe 9-jo Kaiken No! Zenkoku Shimin Action (No to Abe’s revisions to Article 9 of the Constitution: national citizens’ action) ✔ Daichi Suzuki, 35, a nursing-care facility worker from Kodaira, western Tokyo, joined the rally, thinking that the public's voices have yet to reach Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ✔ Mariko Miyai, 69, came from Fuchu, western Tokyo, with her friends
Composer imagines unified Korea through music
11/4/2018, 7:47:47 AMundefined ✔ Yang's other project is creating music for the upcoming KBS documentary Arirang Road, which visits the ethnic Korean minorities overseas who were displaced from their home country during the 1910-45 Japanese occupation and the 1950-53 Korean War and finds the traces of Arirang, Korea's most popular folk song, in them
US midterm elections 2018: Hollywood stars urge voters to have their say
11/4/2018, 12:06:56 AMHOLLYWOOD icons Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio broke off from shooting a new movie together to post a joint video online urging people to vote in Tuesday’s US midterm elections. ✔ DiCaprio, 43, declared: This election might be the most consequential of our lifetime ✔ Pitt, 54, added: These issues will be decided from the House of Representatives to the Senate to dozens of governor races ✔ But Republicans pointed to America’s booming economy, arguing that people would vote with their pocketbooks
Navy has had 18 unsafe or unprofessional encounters with China since 2016
11/3/2018, 10:09:34 PMThe US Navy has had 18 unsafe and/or unprofessional encounters with Chinese military forces in the Pacific since 2016, according to US military statistics obtained by CNN. ✔ The most recent encounter with China took place last month while the Navy destroyer USS Decatur was sailing within 12 miles of two of the Spratly Islands as part of what the US calls a freedom of navigation operation ✔ The Trump administration also recently sanctioned Beijing over its purchase of Russian weapons systems
What if the Powerful (and Paranoid) Started Using Official Tasters Again?
11/3/2018, 9:55:55 PMRoyals and politicians once relied on attendants to sample their meals for them, lest they contain poison. In our new age of espionage, might that practice be poised for a revival? ✔ (The queen was not amused.) Sometimes tasters are simply a means of quality control, as Gyaltsen Phensok, who cooked for the Dalai Lama in the late 1950s, put it; he recalled a taster once advising him that the yogurt was too sour, so he put sugar into it
Liam Fox: A new ‘golden era’ of trade is on its way
11/4/2018, 12:06:59 AMLIAM Fox has hailed a new “golden era” of international trade relations with the world as he unveiled hoped-for £100 million worth of new deals in China. ✔ The Australia FTA required 14 months from launch to signing and 22 months to implementation; the Canada FTA required 20 months and 32 months, respectively ✔ In his Policy Exchange speech on Tuesday, Jeremy Hunt said a new expansion of Britain’s diplomatic network will see it represented in 160 of the 192 UN countries by 2020 to become the invisible chain linking the world’s democracies to strengthen and defend our values across the globe
Trump wants voters to think the US economy is booming – is it?
11/4/2018, 5:40:21 AMFrom trade wars to tax breaks, the administration is claiming credit for a booming economy ahead of the midterm elections – could it help him win? ✔ As the Federal Reserve raises rates, stock markets are wobbling, and Trump has publicly attacked the Fed, an unprecedented move for a sitting president ✔ The last tax cut helped push the Federal deficit to $1tn and even Republicans who have decided that deficits don’t matter, after years of believing the opposite, may balk at increasing it more ✔ By 2020 we will have a clearer assessment of Trump’s legacy and we will know who is really winning
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