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As Ebola outbreak worsens in Congo, U.S. stays out of war zone

11/15/2018, 4:40:40 AM
U.S. health workers are stationed in the capital, but attacks on government outposts and civilians by armed militias where the disease is spreading are complicating efforts to provide direct medical aid. ✔ The administration official declined to say whether sending CDC experts under the protection of U.S. military personnel is under consideration ✔ Peter Salama also said informal health clinics, which are unregulated and often run by traditional healers, may have spread the virus in Beni as mothers and children sought help for cases of Ebola that had been misdiagnosed as malaria, which has similar early symptoms


The boy who taught me about war and peace

11/15/2018, 5:14:35 AM
As a child growing up in Queens, NY, Ariel Dorfman was fiercely engaged in a street-level cult of war in his neghborhood of recent immigrants. It was Roy, a boy from India, who tried bring the fighting to an end. And then something terrible happened to him. ✔ MUST WATCH French President Macron: Nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism 03:19 Ariel Dorfman, the Chilean-American author of Death and the Maiden, along with a wide variety of other plays, fiction, poetry and essays, is the Walter Hines Page Professor Emeritus of Literature at Duke University ✔ One afternoon, as I returned from school, ready to rally the troops for another round of United-Nations-at-war, my distressed father told me that Roy had died that morning of a heart attack during a dental operation


Moon tells Pence US-North Korea ties, inter-Korean relations should move forward

11/15/2018, 6:26:06 AM
undefined ✔ Pence said that he spoke with Trump earlier in the morning and Trump asked him to send Moon his regards ✔ The 34-minute meeting was Moon's first with Pence since the U.S. vice president visited South Korea in February to attend the PyeongChang Winter Olympics


Rohingya fear for safety as Bangladesh says ready to begin repatriation

11/15/2018, 4:58:32 AM
Bangladesh said it was ready to begin repatriating some of the more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled from army-led violence in Myanmar since last year. But refugees said they would refuse to go because of fears for their safety. ✔ It said China, India and Japan were providing necessary assistance for the repatriation process ✔ They have also been denied freedom of movement and other basic rights ✔ Marked by their religion and their language   most speak a dialect of Bengali, while most of their neighbors speak Rakhine   they are easy to target


'If we go they will kill us': Rohingya refugees fear repatriation to Myanmar

11/15/2018, 5:35:14 AM
Rohingya refugees who fled a brutal army crackdown last year say they are terrified of going back to Myanmar, as authorities begin the process of repatriating thousands of people living in crowded refugee camps near the Bangladeshi border. ✔ Photos: Rohingya refugees flee Myanmar The woman is carried to shore after her boat crashed in Dakhinpara ✔ On the sidelines of a bilateral meeting in Singapore on Wednesday, US Vice President Mike Pence told Suu Kyi that the persecution of the minority was inexcusable ✔ I want justice and we want our land and our property so we (can) live in peace, Rahima Khatun said


'People are scared to go home': deadly mines of Isis still shapes lives in Iraq

11/15/2018, 7:31:01 AM
In the former Islamic State stronghold of Fallujah, the legacy of extremism lingers in the form of unexploded landmines ✔ Residents are frustrated with the slow pace of clearance, prompting at least one local man to try to deactivate the mines himself ✔ Evidence of that danger was brutally underlined on Monday, when a shooting attack in a village to the north of Fallujah claimed the life of Meshan Khalil, a Halo survey team leader, who had accompanied the Guardian’s reporters, as well as the driver of one of Halo’s demining vehicles in Shuhada, while they were off duty attending a village gathering


Mike Pence: No place for 'empire and aggression' in Indo-Pacific

11/15/2018, 5:43:06 AM
Mike Pence's comments at Asia summit seen alluding to China and its aggressive claims over the disputed South China Sea. ✔ Beijing has made significant advancements in hypersonic weapons, cyber abilities, and space defence, said the report ✔ Though the Pentagon this year has a budget of more than US$700bn - far more than Russia and China combined - the commission said the sum is still clearly insufficient to meet the goals laid out in the NDS


World’s most dangerous countries REVEALED – Brit holidaymakers MUST avoid these hotspots

11/15/2018, 5:42:16 AM
THE world’s most dangerous countries have been revealed where travellers will be at most risk. ✔ People looking to travel in Africa also face significant health risks, with many countries suffering from disease epidemics ✔ Salman issued the advice to Netanyahu as part of a strategy to deflect attention away from the gruesome murder of Washington Post writer Jamal Khashooggi, Saudi sources have said


Donald Trump’s dream of an Arab Nato is a fantasy

11/15/2018, 5:42:46 AM
undefined ✔ But for all its US weaponry it cannot defeat a rag-tag army of Iran-backed Shia Houthi in Yemen, in a ruinous war launched in March 2015 by Mohammed bin Salman, now the Saudi crown prince ✔ As he told a campaign rally last month, he loves the Saudi king


North Korean defectors see uncertain future in Korean reconciliation

11/15/2018, 6:23:36 AM
Thae Yong Ho, one of the highest profile North Koreans to defect in recent years... ✔ The Unification Ministry said the ban was inevitable to ensure smooth talks, and it would make efforts to create conditions for defectors to resettle better ✔ There was no immediate comment from the National Intelligence Service ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Saudi-led coalition orders halt in assault on Yemen's Hodeidah:...

11/15/2018, 7:32:49 AM
The Saudi-led coalition has ordered a halt in its offensive on Yemen's main... ✔ The coalition has instructed forces on the ground to halt fighting inside Hodeidah, said one pro-coalition military source ✔ The decision comes as key Western allies called for a ceasefire ahead of renewed U.N.-led peace efforts to end more than three years of war that have pushed Yemen to the brink of famine ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


For Trump, there's no easy way out of his funk

11/15/2018, 6:19:48 AM
By multiple accounts, Donald Trump is in one of the deepest funks of his presidency. The bad news is that the challenges and threats that are making his mood so dark are likely to get worse before they get better. ✔ Trump's tempestuous personality and unwillingness to be constrained also likely mean that another remedy available to other Presidents -- a hotshot new staffer to shake up operations in the West Wing -- is unlikely to work ✔ When 2019 dawns, a flurry of Democrats are likely to begin launching presidential campaigns, giving him an excuse to head out to the place where he always feels best: among his adoring throngs on the campaign trail


Calves, cobalt and keeping track of the supply chain

11/15/2018, 5:04:53 AM
undefined ✔ From beans to bananas, and rice to wine, the amount and complexity of paperwork involved in shipping foodstuffs around the world means the ships travel almost as fast as the documents ✔ Case studies: supply chains WINNER Flex and Elementum Increasing velocity Electronics manufacturer Flex decided to create its own private supply chain visualisation software, known as Flex Pulse, in 2015


What happens to used lithium-ion battery packs from electric cars?

11/15/2018, 6:36:00 AM
Electric cars are a critical subject, and are likely to remain so as buyers respond to knee-jerk legislation by turning to electric vehicles (EVs) – be it plug-in hybrid or pure electric. ✔ Much of it is sourced from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the mining process raises serious ethical and human rights concerns ✔ They don’t move, they don’t freeze, it’s overdesigned ✔ So, for Mercedes-Benz at least, the costs didn’t add up ✔ For tips and advice, visit our Advice section, or search car reviews in our  A-Z Car Finder Newsletter Promotion - Cars - in article


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