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Yemen urged to end ‘economic war’ on its people

11/14/2018, 5:22:12 AM
undefined ✔ The economic crisis is more dangerous than battles: hunger kills more people because we cannot flee it, he said ✔ Geert Cappelaere, regional director at Unicef, the UN children’s agency, who has just visited Yemen, described heroic staff in health facilities with no funding who were attempting to save the lives of severely emaciated babies


Analysis | Kim Jong Un is doing what he said he would

11/14/2018, 6:26:07 AM
The United States shouldn't be surprised that North Korea is still working on building up its nuclear stockpile. ✔ Instead, he’s making good on one of them to mass-produce nuclear weapons ✔ Accusations of dishonesty and a subsequent air of distrust have derailed many previous attempts to find common ground between Washington and Pyongyang ✔ And if there’s someone confused about what that summit meant, it doesn’t appear to be Kim


The hidden toll of American drones in Yemen: Civilian deaths

11/14/2018, 7:39:44 AM
ATAQ, Yemen (AP) — The United States has waged a drone war in Yemen for 16 years, trying to suppress al-Qaida's branch here. But the campaign has had a hidden cost: civilians cut down by the drones' missiles. There is no comprehensive count of civilian deaths because of the difficulty of confirming identities and allegiances of those killed. But in an examination of drone strikes this year alone, The Associated Press found that at least 30 of the dead likely did not belong to al-Qaida.


Venezuelan beauty queens migrate for shot at stardom abroad

11/14/2018, 5:07:30 AM
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — When the Miss Universe beauty pageant takes place in a few weeks, Chile will be represented by a slender brunette who has a killer smile and speaks Spanish with an unmistakable Venezuelan accent. Andrea Diaz was born and raised in Valencia, Venezuela, where from the age of 12 she learned to sway her hips and glide gracefully down catwalks at a local modeling academy. At 19, she won a pageant organized by her hometown's baseball team and became a goodwill ambassador for the squad.


Agreed repatriation of Rohingya Muslims

11/14/2018, 6:19:01 AM
undefined ✔ report also concluded that the 1991 Nobel peace laureate and the country's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has not used her de facto position as head of government, nor her moral authority, to stem or prevent the unfolding events in Rakhine state and that her government had contributed to the commission of atrocity crimes through their acts and omissions


U.S. military might "struggle to win, or perhaps lose" war with China or Russia, report says

11/14/2018, 5:11:26 AM
"America's ability to defend its allies, its partners and its own vital interests is increasingly in doubt," report's authors write. On the "Intelligence Matters" podcast this week, National Defense Strategy Commission co-chair talks with Michael Morell ✔ Singly or in combination, the panel found, such tactics confound or gradually weaken an adversary's positions or resolve without provoking a military response ✔ For much more from Michael Morell's conversation with Eric Edelman, you can listen to the new episode and subscribe to the podcast here


Abe leaves for regional summits, including meeting with Putin in Singapore

11/14/2018, 6:41:14 AM
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left Wednesday for a tour of Southeast Asia and Oceania to attend annual regional summits and hold bilateral talks with world leaders on the sidelines. During his five-day trip, Abe plans to discuss regional challenges including the denuclearization of North Korea and the importance of… ✔ I am determined to make progress in our negotiations, aiming to address the issue of signing a peace treaty (with Russia) by working with President Putin, Abe told reporters before departure ✔ On Saturday, Abe will fly to Papua New Guinea to attend the two-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit that will bring together 21 member economies, with Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence expected to take part


Transcript: Eric Edelman talks with Michael Morell on "Intelligence Matters" podcast

11/14/2018, 5:11:37 AM
The co-chair of the National Defense Strategy Commission talked with Michael Morell on "Intelligence Matters," a weekly podcast ✔ CBS NEWS - WASHINGTON BUREAU INTELLIGENCE MATTERS - ERIC EDELMAN INTERVIEW WITH ERIC EDELMAN CORRESPONDENT: MICHAEL MORELL PRODUCER: OLIVIA GAZIS MEDIA ID: 1113 INTELLIGENCE MATTERS RAW RECORDING.MP3 MICHAEL MORELL: Eric, thanks for taking the time to be with us today ✔ There will be conflict in the world in which we will inevitably get drawn into


Trump picks retired Army general as US ambassador to Saudi Arabia

11/14/2018, 7:26:17 AM
President Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped John Abizaid, a top US general from the Iraq war who has studied the Middle East for years, as ambassador to Saudi Arabia amid growing friction between the longstanding allies. ✔ Amid a US souring on the heir apparent, the United States has also curbed cooperation and demanded a halt to the Saudi-led military campaign against rebels in Yemen that has contributed to a humanitarian crisis believed to be the worst in the world ✔ The real estate mogul turned president has shown a fondness for appointing retired generals, with Jim Mattis as defense secretary and John Kelly as his chief of staff


U.S ready to remove Sudan from terror-sponsored states list

11/14/2018, 7:53:58 AM
Washington put Sudan on the blacklist in 1993, accusing it of supporting extremist Islamist groups. Al-Qaeda's founder, Osama Bin Laden, lived in the country between 1992 and 1996. ✔ Khartoum is expected to improve its human rights situation and resolve internal conflicts as part of an undertaken in the fight against terrorism ✔ Washington put Sudan on the blacklist in 1993, accusing it of supporting extremist Islamist groups ✔ Al-Qaeda’s founder, Osama Bin Laden, lived in the country between 1992 and 1996


Three men guilty of plotting to rain Christmas Day terror on Melbourne

11/14/2018, 4:56:04 AM
Three Melbourne men have been found guilty of plotting a Christmas terror attack at major city landmarks in a jihad-inspired plan to inflict mass carnage. ✔ If you go up to Clonbinane and try and set off an IED [improvised explosive device], that's planning, that's preparing ✔ He was to be used as an instrument, not a co-conspirator, Ms Gerry said of her client ✔ The three men were remanded in custody to return for a pre-sentence hearing at a later date


Dan Crenshaw Isn't Buying Into 'Outrage Culture,' Urges Nation To Rediscover Civility

11/14/2018, 6:33:01 AM
The congressman-elect said the country has "a lot of work to do" when it comes to political discourse. He recently appeared on "SNL" to receive an apology. ✔ If any good came of this, maybe it was that for one day the left and the right finally came together to agree on something: That I’m a dick, Davidson said ✔ But many of the ultimate goals economic prosperity, better health care and education, etc ✔ We just don’t share the same vision of how to achieve them


The race to mine the deep sea’s riches

11/14/2018, 5:33:59 AM
undefined ✔ Gerard Barron brandishes a small black rock the size of the palm of his hand and heralds it as the future: It’s all right here, all the metals we need ✔ This year local communities in Papua New Guinea also launched legal action to try to stop the project


Wednesday briefing: The backstop's here, May tells cabinet

11/14/2018, 6:50:32 AM
PM presses ministers to endorse her Brexit deal … CIA sought ‘truth serum’ for 9/11 interrogations … and Zoe Williams finds the answer to life’s chaos ✔ Britain is making the fastest transition to clean energy, with a 7.7% decline in the use of fossil fuels between 2012 and 2015, but this could stall as the government cuts support for feed-in tariffs, energy efficiency and zero-carbon homes ✔ If you are not already receiving it by email, you can sign up here


Trump's team

11/14/2018, 4:07:39 AM
A look at President Donald Trump's cabinet and inner circle ✔ Wilkie, a former assistant secretary of defense under President George W ✔ CNN had reported that passages in a 2012 book by Crowley were plagiarized ✔ And according to a report by Politico Magazine, Crowley also plagiarized a number of passages in her 2000 Columbia University PhD dissertation


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