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Ukraine condemns Russia-backed separatist elections in war-torn east

11/11/2018, 4:47:24 PM
Kiev has condemned elections in Russian-backed separatist controlled areas of eastern Ukraine as illegitimate and unlawful. ✔ A child sings a folk song at a polling station in DonetskCredit:Dmitri Beliakov/The Telegraph Despite the lack of competition and pressure to vote, many residents said they were happy to cast ballots for Mr Pushilin, who met with a key aide of Vladimir Putin before announcing he would run


Pompeo Faces a World of Challenges. Add House Democrats to the List.

11/11/2018, 5:13:05 PM
The treacherous political environment ushered in by a new House Democratic majority comes as the administration’s foreign policy strategies are under strain around the world. ✔ Before the Senate, he dismissed another question from a Democrat as bizarre and outrageous ✔ And Saudi Arabia’s lethal tactics in Turkey and Yemen have made it an object of international opprobrium ✔ Cohen, a military historian who worked for President George W


Opinion | The next great war

11/11/2018, 5:58:14 PM
To prevent war with China, study World War I. ✔ To maximize the chances of adding the U.S.-China rivalry to the short list of averted wars, joint crisis prevention initiatives should focus on the scenarios most likely to trigger unwanted escalation ✔ This was produced by The WorldPost , a partnership of the Berggruen Institute and The Washington Post


The Chemists’ War

11/11/2018, 7:05:48 PM
One hundred years after the end of World War I, the Army Corps of Engineers is still cleaning up the relics of experiments that helped develop chemical weapons to counter the Germans’ gas attacks. ✔ They positioned an electromagnetic scanner atop the carpet of leaves while the delicate instrument harvested data about objects in the soil beneath ✔ Over the decades, developers turned surrounding land into an affluent residential neighborhood, transforming Death Valley into Spring Valley, in the northern section of the District of Columbia ✔ | Sign up for the Science Times newsletter


The Guardian view on Yemen’s misery: the west is complicit | Editorial

11/11/2018, 7:04:32 PM
Editorial: The suffering grows and no end is in sight. This is turning out to be our crime too ✔ Even the strike that killed 40 children on a school bus – using a US bomb – had little impact ✔ It took the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul to push Washington into issuing the ceasefire call ✔ But until we stop selling arms and sharing intelligence, we remain complicit


Republican war hero accepts apology on SNL after getting mocked a week earlier

11/11/2018, 5:49:20 PM
Here’s a feelgood Veterans Day moment you probably wouldn’t expect from a cast member on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, a show that spends much of its time lampooning President Trump and taking shots at right-wing politics. ✔ Here’s a feelgood Veterans Day weekend moment you probably didn’t see coming from a cast member on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, a show that spends much of its time lampooning President Trump and taking shots at right-wing politics ✔ I made a joke about lieutenant commander Dan Crenshaw, and on behalf of the show and myself, I apologize, Davidson said


Sole brothers? Ex-Houthi minister shoed like George W. Bush at Saudi defection presser

11/11/2018, 6:19:48 PM
Echoing the infamous shoeing attempt of George W. Bush in 2008, an ex-Houthi minister was stuck by the footwear of an angry Yemeni journalist during his first media outing since his defection to Saudi Arabia. ✔ Footage capturing the latest shoeing incident shows Gaber answering media questions while sitting behind a table of microphones ✔ A Saudi-led coalition of mostly Arab states entered the conflict on the side of the government the following year, conducting an aerial bombing campaign which has devastated vast swathes of the country and its infrastructure ✔ Share it with a friend! Trends: Saudi Arabia news Yemen news


Dan Crenshaw Got To Make Fun Of Pete Davidson On "SNL" After The Cast Member Mocked The Wounded War Veteran

11/11/2018, 7:12:35 PM
"This is Pete Davidson. He looks like if the meth from Breaking Bad was a person." ✔ You may be surprised to hear he's a congressional candidate from Texas and not a hitman in a porno movie, Davidson said ✔ He looks like a Troll Doll with a tapeworm, Crenshaw added ✔ He looks like Martin Short in The Santa Clause 3 ✔ Watch the clip here: View this video on YouTube


Netanyahu calls Paris conversation with Putin 'very important'

11/11/2018, 4:44:52 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he spoke with Russian President V... ✔ The conversation with President Putin was good and businesslike ✔ On Friday, Israel allowed $15 million of Qatari cash to enter the Gaza Strip, which is controlled by the Islamist Hamas movement ✔ Egypt, Qatar and the United Nations have been trying to broker a long-term cease fire between Hamas and Israel ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Every Photo from Meghan, Kate, Harry and William's Morning at the Remembrance Day Service

11/11/2018, 4:56:52 PM
The royal family took part in the Remembrance Day Service as part of a weekend of commemorations ✔ Prince Charles‘ wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Queen Elizabeth and Kate Middleton watched the proceedings together on a balcony ✔ Samir Hussein/WireImage Soon-to-be dad Harry and Prince William took part in the weekend of activities amid news that their offices may split


‘Embarrassing to women’: Armistice tribute song hit with volley of vitriol (VIDEO)

11/11/2018, 7:24:31 PM
A song commissioned to honor women in Australia’s armed forces in time for Armistice Day is being pilloried online, with listeners labeling the tune “cringeworthy” and “embarrassing.” ✔ Whatever Defence and the @AWMemorial are doing, they're doing it wrong.. ✔ How are women ever meant to fit in and be taken seriously in their role in Defence when this is how you promote them ✔ Soldier Ally North described the music as cringeworthy ✔ Share it with a friend! Trends: Australia news


Veteran mocked by Pete Davidson on SNL mocks Pete Davidson on SNL

11/11/2018, 7:28:36 PM
Texas Congressman-Elect and Navy SEAL Dan Crenshaw got in some good jabs, but made peace with the comic. ✔ And then he took a few cracks at Davidson's photo, joking that the comic looks like if the meth from Breaking Bad is a person ✔ Catch up on Alexa's upgraded home How To • How to sell your old Amazon Echo News • I just bought an Amazon Echo Dot for $1


Saudis Close to Crown Prince Discussed Assassinating Enemies a Year Before Khashoggi Killing

11/11/2018, 7:05:49 PM
During discussions in Riyadh in 2017, Saudi intelligence officials discussed hiring private companies to kill the head of Iran’s Quds force and other Iranian operatives. ✔ Western analysts believe that Prince Mohammed moved General Assiri there in part to keep an eye on the spy chief, Khalid bin Ali bin Abdullah al-Humaidan, known as Abu Ali, who was close to Western intelligence agencies and suspected of harboring loyalties to one of the crown prince’s royal rivals


Opinion | By Protecting Veterans’ Health, You May Protect Your Own

11/11/2018, 5:21:57 PM
V.H.A. doctors care for some of America’s most vulnerable. They are not “bad apples” who “rob us or cheat us.” ✔ And if we don’t defend it, it could be dismantled and auctioned off in whatever remains of the Trump era ✔ isn’t perfect; there have been some bad actors, and veterans often complain about having to wait for appointments ✔ Follow The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook , Twitter (@NYTopinion) and Instagram


Chilling social media posts by California gunman during rampage

11/11/2018, 7:45:34 PM
Ian David Long, 28, posted on Instagram just minutes after opening fire inside the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks on Wednesday night. ✔ He said he spoke to his son just before he went to the bar Wednesday night ✔ 'Marky was a loving and wonderful young man who was full of life and ambition ✔ 'His family asks for peace and respect at this time to allow them to grieve privately,' they said in a statement


Parisians brave the rain to protest Trump

11/11/2018, 6:35:04 PM
The U.S. president is deeply unpopular in France, where a recent poll shows that 65 percent of voters view him in a negative light. ✔ The first occurred Sunday morning, as the presidential motorcade glided up the iconic Champs Elysees, arguably the grandest thoroughfare in the French capital, for the ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe ✔ A balloon depicting President Trump in a diaper flies over the heads of protesters at the Place de la Republique in Paris on Nov. 11, 2018 ✔ But with friends like these Trump, Erdogan the future will be the same


Transcript: Sen. Lindsey Graham on "Face the Nation," November 11, 2018

11/11/2018, 4:53:34 PM
The following is a transcript of the interview with Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina that aired Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, on "Face the Nation" ✔ The following is a transcript of the interview with Republican Sen ✔ Trust me there is politics abounds when it comes to the Mueller investigation that Trump is guilty and no matter what Mueller finds ✔ They counted almost 80,000 votes days after the polls closed


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