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UN says 7 peacekeepers killed in fight against Congo rebels

11/15/2018, 5:51:34 PM
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says seven peacekeepers were killed and 10 wounded in a joint military operation with Congolese forces against rebels in the country's northeast, which is also facing a deadly Ebola outbreak. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Thursday that one U.N. peacekeeper is still missing and several Congolese soldiers were also killed or wounded. He said Wednesday's military operation targeted Allied Democratic Forces rebels.


Senate refuses to stop arms sale to Saudi-allied Bahrain, rejecting a proxy effort to end war in Yemen

11/15/2018, 7:20:52 PM
Sen. Rand Paul’s resolution to deny arms to Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, fell far short of the votes it needed to pass, despite growing anti-Saudi sentiment in Congress. ✔ The Saudis aren’t getting the message, the Bahrainis are part of the coalition, Paul said ✔ As the Yemeni people face the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, the urgency and need for congressional attention could not be greater, he said in a statement ✔ A Democratic majority in the new Congress must reassert close oversight regarding Yemen


Four Malawian U.N. peacekeepers killed in Congo: Malawi Defence Force

11/15/2018, 4:27:19 PM
Four Malawian soldiers, part of the United Nations peace keeping mission in the ... ✔ The soldiers were killed in Congo’s mineral-rich east, where rival militia groups control parts of the region more than a decade after the official end of a 1998-2003 war ✔ to finalize procedures for (the) repatriation of the bodies ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Syrian refugee to help give closure to families in war zones with forensic dentistry degree

11/15/2018, 4:50:06 PM
'I will be able to pay back the support I have received here by helping identify the victims of war,' says Rawad Qaq ✔ Crown copyright/PO Arron Hoare 48/50 28 September 2018 Headteachers from across England and Wales hold signs in Parliament Square, London, as they prepare to march on Downing Street to demand extra money for schools PA 49/50 27 September 2018 Former leader of the English Defence League Tommy Robinson (C) arrives at the Old Bailey Courthouse in London, Britain, 27 September 2018


Senate rejects bid to block American arms sale to Bahrain

11/15/2018, 6:31:42 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has blocked legislation to stop an estimated $300 million in arms sales to Bahrain. Lawmakers rejected a call by Republican Sen. Rand Paul to send a message that the U.S. is "done with the war in Yemen." Bahrain is a member of the Saudi-led coalition at war with Iran-aligned rebels in Yemen since March 2015. The vote against Paul's resolution disapproving of the arms sale was 77-21.


Aging Japan needs new blood. But a plan to allow more foreign workers sparks concerns.

11/15/2018, 4:06:58 PM
The government says it’s not immigration, since the workers can’t stay. Critics say it’s immigration by stealth — and not adequately planned for. ✔ By Simon Denyer Simon Denyer Tokyo bureau chief covering Japan, North Korea and South Korea ✔ This is a country that has long sought to defend its culture and its ethnic homogeneity by discouraging immigrants ✔ In 2009, after the global financial crisis, Japan began offering them money to return home


U.S. Announces Sanctions Against Saudis, Alleging Involvement in Khashoggi Murder

11/15/2018, 4:11:57 PM
The U.S. announced sanctions against 17 Saudi officials. ✔ The action may revive criticism that President Donald Trump hasn’t responded forcefully enough to the killing ✔ After initially denying that Khashoggi had died inside the facility, Saudi officials conceded that he had been killed during an interrogation and announced the firing of five top officials and arrest of 18 others


Opinion | Capitalism: Still Working

11/15/2018, 7:06:24 PM
Karl Marx’s economic forecasts were even worse than Paul Krugman’s. ✔ Ms. Bell adds that the overall sales growth rate of 9.3% for the S&P 500 in the quarter was impressive as top-line momentum continued for the fourth quarter in a row ✔ In the second quarter, sales were 10.3% higher year-over-year, up from about 9% in the prior two quarters and significantly higher than the average growth rate of 4.0% since the emergence from the Great Recession ✔ Subscribe to the Best of the Web email with one click


Navy SEALs and Marine Raiders face murder charges in death of Special Forces soldier

11/15/2018, 7:53:51 PM
The four elite service members are accused of strangling Army Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar was strangled last year in Mali. ✔ The military trusts all of its members to safeguard U.S. interests and to do so with honor, he said ✔ On Wednesday, the Navy began a hearing in San Diego for another SEAL, Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, who is accused of stabbing to death an unarmed Islamic State fighter in the Iraqi city of Mosul


US and China step up effort to strike G20 truce on trade

11/15/2018, 6:24:37 PM
undefined ✔ The US and China have intensified efforts to strike a truce at the G20 that would curb their trade war ✔ One person familiar with the situation said Robert Lighthizer, US trade representative, had told some industry executives the next tranche of levies was already on hold


Opinion | Can California Be Saved?

11/15/2018, 5:35:48 PM
The toxic smoke is a bleak backdrop and an apt metaphor for where Silicon Valley finds itself. ✔ Opinion When I flew into San Francisco last Sunday, the haze shrouding the city was not the usual charming fog, and there was an acrid smell, like a barbecue on steroids ✔ The conflagration is airborne via the smoke, creating a weather of catastrophe, which is the phrase Joan Didion once used to describe the hot Santa Anas blowing into Los Angeles ✔ Techies are fond of the obviously false bromide that failure is O.K


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