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Into the melting pot - Travel 11/10/2018, 3:51:09 AM undefined ✔ In the day, the streets are always bustling with people from all over the world ✔ Even before the break of dawn, pensioners can be found gathering in parks, ready to kick start their day with a tai chi session ✔ Indeed, it does not take long for one to realize that Shanghai's charm lies in it being a binary of old and new Lucia Berlin’s new books: An illuminating memoir, more sublime stories - Los Angeles Times 11/9/2018, 8:27:21 PM Lucia Berlin' 68 years were almost impossibly full of travel, adventure, loves found and lost, alcoholism and its defeat, and the struggle to get by as a single mother of four boys. We are lucky to have two new books by her. ✔ In a standout story, Andado, a 14-year-old girl enjoys a sumptuous weekend on a Chilean estate breakfast in bed, horseback riding, flirting with her dashing older host until the host forces the flirtation too far, into what would now be considered r...

U.S. halting refueling of Saudi-led coalition aircraft in Yemen's war 11/10/2018, 3:41:20 AM The United States is halting refueling of aircraft from the Saudi-led coalition ... ✔ Mattis said the United States would play a continuing role to help the Saudi-led coalition and Yemeni forces minimize civilian casualties and expand humanitarian efforts ✔ He also suggested plans to build up Yemeni troops ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles Melbourne attacker had passport cancelled in 2015 because he wanted to fight for Isis 11/10/2018, 2:23:40 AM Police say that while Hassan Khalif Shire Ali had held radicalised views, he was not seen as a threat to national security ✔ Shire Ali, drove a 4x4 vehicle loaded with gas bottles into the city centre, ignited the vehicle into a ball of flames and then attacked passers-by with a knife ✔ The assessment was made that while he held radicalised views he did not pose a threat in relation to national security, McCartney sai...