Syria extends time for post-war property claims under disputed law
11/12/2018, 2:34:14 PMSyrian President Bashar al-Assad has amended a disputed land law that alarmed re... ✔ During Syria’s seven years of armed conflict half the pre-war 22 million population have fled their homes, with about five million seeking refuge abroad ✔ In the chaos of war, many government buildings have been destroyed along with property records, while refugees and other displaced people have lost identity cards or land deeds, meaning it could take a long time to prove property rights ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Thousand Oaks Shooter Was A 'Ticking Time Bomb,' High School Coach Says
11/12/2018, 12:35:55 PMA second former track coach of the California gunman has recalled him as volatile and intimidating. ✔ (AP) A second high school coach of the gunman who killed 12 people at a Southern California bar recalled him on Sunday as volatile and intimidating, and said that repeated complaints to school administrators about his behavior failed to prompt any discipline ✔ Colell kicked Long off the track team immediately after he assaulted her, but she and Cluke said the boy’s track coach urged her to reconsider because that could compromise Long’s goal of joining the Marines
Separatist areas elect leaders as Ukraine and Moscow trade barbs
11/12/2018, 3:12:50 PMTwo separatist-controlled regions of eastern Ukraine announced the winners of le... ✔ Russia disputed that the elections violated the Minsk accord and instead blamed the Kiev authorities for failing to honour its commitments in the peace process ✔ Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he was not aware any congratulations had been sent to the rebels, but added that it was understandable they wanted to hold elections ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Christmas Holidays in Aleppo, Syria? Bizarre tourist video showcases 'liberated city'
11/12/2018, 12:07:23 PMTHE SYRIAN Ministry of Tourism has an answer for those looking to flee Britain’s dreary shores in favour of scorching sun and sea. Look no further than Syria! And in particular, the historic city of Aleppo. ✔ A single crane hovers over the ruins of the Great Mosque, whose minaret once stood tall and magnificent before it was destroyed in 2013 ✔ Fighting in the city was amongst the worst in the country since war broke out seven and a half years ago ✔ The American actor and estranged husband Brad Pitt had intended to rescue a refugee child together before announcing their split two years ago
Ebola outbreak Congo: ‘WORST in Congo’s history’ 319 cases - 198 dead as disease SPREADS
11/12/2018, 1:58:32 PMTHE current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the most severe in the country's history with 319 confirmed and probable cases and at least 198 dead. ✔ At this point we are not seeing cases spread across any incredibly large geographic area ✔ She added lessons learned from the West Africa Ebola crisis were currently being applied in Congo, including improved approaches to treatment and isolation that allow for better patient care
Monday Morning Briefing
11/12/2018, 1:49:13 PMMore than 200 still missing in deadly California wildfires, Macron leads global ... ✔ KCNA/via REUTERS A U.S. think tank said it had identified at least 13 of an estimated 20 undeclared missile operating bases inside North Korea, underscoring the challenge for American negotiators hoping to persuade Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons and long-range missiles
UN warns of 'catastrophe' at Yemen's Hodeidah port
11/12/2018, 12:05:23 PMUN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday that the destruction of the Yemeni port of Hodeidah, a vital lifeline for millions of starving civilians, could trigger a "catastrophic" situation. ✔ Destroyed buildings on the coast of the port city of Hodeidah, YemenCredit:Hani Mohammed/AP The fighting must stop, a political debate must begin, and we must prepare a massive humanitarian response to avoid the worst next year ✔ The UN is already providing food aid to some eight million Yemenis but that number could reach 14 million next year, Mr Guterres warned
'Paris Call': 51 states vow support for global rules on cyberweapons
11/12/2018, 3:57:35 PMFifty-one states, including all EU members, have pledged their support for a new international agreement to set standards on cyberweapons and the use of the internet, the French government said Monday. ✔ In a presentation at the forum, Smith portrayed cyberweapons as having the potential to spark another mass conflict ✔ Russia has been accused by Western countries of cyber-meddling over the last few years, while huge data breaches online have fuelled calls for new rules governing online behaviour
It's Only a Matter of Time Until Israelis and Americans Decide to Test the Syrian S-300 Air Defences
11/12/2018, 2:00:09 PMWe now know a little more about which version of the S-300 family the Russians have delivered to the Syrians: the Russians have converted a number of S-300PM and S-300P2 systems to the export version S-300PMU-2 “Favorit” which, by the way, is also ✔ Third, the US/NATO/CENTCOM/IDF all have advanced EW capabilities which will allow them to try to disrupt the Russian fire and reconnaissance capabilities, especially if low RCS aircraft (such as the F-22, F-35, B-1B, etc.) are used in the attacks ✔ The truth is that the US is not in a position anymore to remain a key player in Middle-Eastern politics and that decades of abject submission to the Likudnik agenda have irreparably damaged the US credibility and influence in the Middle-East (and the rest of the world)
Moscow Hosts Talks to Get US out of Its Afghan Quagmire
11/12/2018, 12:30:07 PMOn Friday talks opened between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Moscow, in an unprecedented moment where both sides have come together for formal face-to-face talks hosted by the Russian government. ✔ He especially played up the threat of ISIS expansion into Afghanistan, saying that through foreign sponsors the terror group is trying to turn Afghanistan into a springboard for its expansion in Central Asia ✔ Austin Scott Miller, told NBC News that the Afghan war cannot be won militarily and peace will only be achieved through direct engagement and negotiations with the Taliban
Decades after ‘Star Wars,’ Pentagon looks back to the future on missile defense
11/12/2018, 3:52:45 PMPentagon tech chief Mike Griffin wants to put a vast network of missile detection sensors in space as China and Russia advance their missiles. ✔ In 1999, a test of a Minuteman missile defense system first envisioned by President Ronald Reagan produced a spectacular evening show to millions in California ✔ But first and foremost, he said, the United States must put a network of satellite surveillance sensors in space to detect missile threats in real time at every location in the world
Afghan elite commandos among scores of casualties in heavy fighting
11/12/2018, 12:08:08 PMDozens of elite commandos were among the casualties suffered by Afghan security ... ✔ But Sunday’s fighting underscores the pressure on Afghanistan’s overstretched security forces, suffering from their highest level of casualties ever, estimates from the NATO-led Resolute Support mission show ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
North and South Korea agree to collaborate on infectious diseases
11/12/2018, 1:28:16 PMNorth and South Korea have reached an agreement on creating measures to combat infectious diseases – singling out tuberculosis and malaria as the focus of their efforts. ✔ The two sides also agreed to collaborate on joint healthcare projects and specified tuberculosis and malaria as the focus of their initial efforts ✔ Newsletter promotion - global health security - end of article Protect yourself and your family by learning more about Global Health Security
Crown Prince’s wings clipped as Khashoggi death rattles Riyadh
11/12/2018, 1:23:27 PMFallout from killing has weakened Prince Mohammed and given second wind to old guard of elders ✔ Since then, western leaders’ once enthusiastic embrace of Prince Mohammed has been replaced by wariness and a view that some of the regional feuds launched in his name need to be brought to an end ✔ Intelligence officials in the region, and in Europe remain incredulous at the claim
Analysis | Why you’ve never seen a ‘Saturday Night Live’ apology like Pete Davidson’s
11/12/2018, 12:46:16 PMThe sketch-comedy show has owned up to problems in the past, but they’re usually not so straightforward, earnest and seemingly heartfelt. ✔ The next week, actor Joe Pesci hosted the show and he spent his monologue saying how wrong he found O’Connor’s antics ✔ After discussing Al Gore’s daughters If they were a president, they’d be Babe-raham Lincoln Myers then focused on the then-12-year-old Clinton, calling her a babe in development ✔ She’s a kid, a kid who didn’t choose to be in public life ✔ By its own design, the show will undoubtedly offend someone again
Illusion of democracy: If US elections could change anything they wouldn't be held
11/12/2018, 2:33:24 PMLast week's US midterm elections received saturated media coverage. Why? The reality is that elections in the US don't change much, if anything, because America has a regime and is not a genuine democracy. ✔ Chesterton (@GKCdaily) November 7, 2018 The midterms again saw people invest enormous emotional energy on trying to 'stop Trump' – as if he was an aberration – instead of being just a typical US President (albeit with different hair coloring), increasing profits for Wall Street and threatening other countries who don't pay Danegeld to the Empire
U.S. Deploys New Tactics to Curb China’s Intellectual Property Theft
11/12/2018, 1:09:46 PMThe new strategy to use export controls, indictments and other tools to counter the theft of intellectual property could help the Trump administration win friends in the business community. ✔ Jinhua also relies on tools from U.S. suppliers to make its chips ✔ Micron has said Jinhua’s suit was a bogus retaliation measure and has criticized Beijing over its treatment ✔ Ultimately, U.S. officials settled on the combined response from the Justice and Commerce Departments
The new parents and UK's neo-Nazi terror threat
11/12/2018, 4:00:29 PMHow police closed in on the banned far-right group National Action and several of its members. ✔ Claudia Patatas, who studied to postgraduate level in Portugal before moving to the UK over a decade ago, had spent years as a marketing professional ✔ Implementation of recommendation has started, with the security service beginning to take the lead for an area that has previously been the preserve of the police
Western diplomats shun meeting with Sri Lanka minister on political...
11/12/2018, 12:50:50 PMEight Western countries stayed away from a meeting with Sri Lanka's governm... ✔ Diplomatic and government sources said at least 20 heads of missions turned up for the meeting including those of China, Cuba, Afghanistan, Turkey, and Pakistan ✔ On Monday, the rupee hit a record low of 179.90 to the dollar and its dollar-denominated bonds tumbled ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Dan Crenshaw: ‘SNL’ truce was ‘the right thing to do’
11/12/2018, 3:20:42 PMU.S. Rep.-elect Dan Crenshaw said Monday that his appearance on “Saturday Night Live” forgiving comedian Pete Davidson felt like “the right thing to do” in such a polarized political climate. ✔ U.S. Rep.-elect Dan Crenshaw said Monday that his appearance on Saturday Night Live forgiving comedian Pete Davidson felt like the right thing to do in such a polarized political climate ✔ We weren’t sure what the skit was going to look like, Mr. Crenshaw said
Russia excels in ditching dollar ahead of pending US sanctions against country’s financial system
11/12/2018, 3:01:04 PMThe list of the countries currently taking active steps towards eliminating their economic reliance on the US dollar is growing. Russia has joined a league of nations is making a lot of headway with the task, the WSJ reports. ✔ The share of foreign currency in corporate and personal deposits in Russia has declined to 26 percent in September from a 2016 peak of 37 percent, the newspaper reports, citing data from the Central Bank of Russia ✔ Russia is hardly the only country trying to fight against the predominance of US currency across the global financial system ✔ For more stories on economy & finance visit RT's business section Trends: Russia news US dollar news
Analysis | The Daily 202: Rick Scott prepares to join the Senate as Florida recount continues
11/12/2018, 3:08:44 PMThe governor says in an interview that he hopes to capitalize on his relationships with McConnell and Trump. ✔ A flurry of recent court filings reveal that the government collected at least some of Ho’s communications under a warrant from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a secret order used to monitor suspected foreign agents ✔ VIDEOS OF THE DAY: SNL's Pete Davidson apologized on air and in person to congressman-elect Dan Crenshaw, who Davidson mocked for his injury sustained while fighting in Afghanistan: SNL also parodied Jeff Sessions’s departure from the Justice Department: The Baby Trump balloon flew over Paris as Trump visited the world capital: The Fact Checker awarded three Pinocchios to Trump's claims about birthright citizenship applying to the children of foreign generals or dictators: California authorities attempted to contain a wildfire in the Santa Monica Mountains: And Egyptian officials announced a fascinating new discovery:
'Drunk' reveller's shocking 'racist' rant at taxi drivers who refused ride
11/12/2018, 12:04:49 PMThe cabbies refused to take the man after he urinated on himself in the street, a witness claims ✔ The taxi driver, originally from Bangladesh, said he had lived in Hull for about eight or nine years and had been a taxi driver for four of those ✔ Read More Racism Tube passenger's blackface England's mulitracial football team Police accused of racism Black man not allowed to use toilet
Jeremy Hunt face to face with Saudi King for first time since Khashoggi murder
11/12/2018, 12:04:48 PMForeign Secretary Jeremy Hunt is pictured meeting King Salman in a photo released by the Saudi royal court ✔ We encourage the Saudi authorities to co-operate fully with the Turkish investigation into his death, so that we deliver justice for his family and the watching world ✔ Read More Latest UK politics news Universal Credit: Huge toll on rent debt 48hrs for Brexit deal as talks go to 3am Brits turning 40 could face 'age tax' 'Jail gays for life' MP welcomed to No10
Serving British Army Afghan veteran was recruiter for neo-Nazi terrorists targeting active soldiers
11/12/2018, 2:17:08 PMA British Army Afghan battle veteran was at the heart of a neo-Nazi terrorist group which set its sights on recruiting within the armed forces. ✔ Vehvilainen, a married father-of-three, lived at Sennybridge Camp, Powys, Wales, but was renovating a home he had bought in the village of Llansilin, in efforts to build a whites-only stronghold ✔ All allegations of unacceptable behaviour are investigated and action taken as appropriate
Morning Update: California's Wildfires Lead To 31 Deaths
11/12/2018, 12:58:24 PMThe most destructive wildfire in California’s history, Trump skips a WWI ceremony due to rain, Florida’s recount is on. Your BuzzFeed News newsletter, Nov. 12. ✔ This explanation did not sit well with a few former Obama White House staffers ✔ Crenshaw accepted the apology and said, Thanks for making a Republican look good ✔ The congressman-elect then delivered this zinger: This is Pete Davidson ✔ He looks like if the meth from Breaking Bad was a person
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