News Feed 2018-10-26
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| FROM THE FIELD: Photos highlight agony of West African civil wars
The role of two photographers who raised global awareness of civilian suffering during Liberia’s brutal civil war, is being celebrated in a new photographic exhibition which opens on Friday night in New York, supported by the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations. Read full article here: https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/10/1024232 |
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Who is Cesar Sayoc? Florida man a suspect in anti-Democrat mail bombs
October 26, 2018, 2:22 PM
Preview Federal agents have arrested a suspect, widely identified as a 56-year-old Cesar Sayoc, following a spate of suspicious packages sent to top Democratic officials in recent days. Here’s what we know about the suspect so far.
Read full article here: https://www.rt.com/usa/442391-cesar-sayoc-what-we-know/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
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US mail bombs: Man held after campaign against Trump critics
October 26, 2018, 12:14 PM
Cesar Sayoc, 56, is detained after a mail-bombing campaign aimed at critics of President Trump.
Read full article here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45996655
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‘Deteriorating’ human rights in Belarus amounts to ‘wholescale oppression’: UN expert
October 25, 2018, 5:39
PMA crackdown on free speech is the latest worrying development amid the deteriorating, “wholescale oppression” of human rights in Belarus, an independent expert told the UN General Assembly, on Thursday.
Read full article here: https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2018/10/1024182
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Mexico: Referendum to decide fate of a $13bn airport project
October 26, 2018, 11:14 AM
President-elect Lopez Obrador says he will go by what people decide but scrapping the project would cost billions.
Read full article here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/10/mexico-referendum-decide-fate-13bn-airport-project-181025050632876.html
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Jamal Khashoggi killing: Erdogan hardens tone on Saudi Arabia
October 26, 2018, 11:06 AM
As probe into journalist’s killing progresses, Erdogan ramps up pressure on Riyadh and says Turkey has more evidence.
Read full article here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/10/jamal-khashoggi-killing-erdogan-hardens-tone-saudi-arabia-181026132507277.html
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China and Japan pledge to boost economic cooperation
October 26, 2018, 10:13 AM
Traditional Asian rivals agree to work together to boost economic ties amid rising trade tensions with Washington.
Read full article here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/10/china-japan-pledge-boost-economic-cooperation-181026093948823.html
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Mysterious uprising in the Comoros Islands
October 26, 2018, 10:52 AM
Clashes lasting several days between armed rebels and government troops took place on the Comoros Island of Anjouan. No concrete demands were made and residents are wondering who was behind the attack.
Read full article here: http://www.dw.com/en/mysterious-uprising-in-the-comoros-islands/a-46056908?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf
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India freezes Amnesty bank accounts after raid
October 26, 2018, 7:53 AM
Indian authorities searched Amnesty International’s country office for 10 hours, looking for evidence of illegal foreign funds. Rights groups complain of increasing restrictions under PM Modi’s nationalist government.
Read full article here: http://www.dw.com/en/india-freezes-amnesty-bank-accounts-after-raid/a-46056534?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf
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Support grows for EU-wide arms embargo on Saudi Arabia
October 26, 2018, 4:49 AM
Austria and the European Parliament have urged for a bloc-wide halt on arms exports to Saudi Arabia following Jamal Khashoggi’s death. Germany also backed the proposal, but other key exporters were silent or unconvinced.
Read full article here: http://www.dw.com/en/support-grows-for-eu-wide-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia/a-46052973?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf
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Magician’s 350-year-old ‘get women naked’ spell sells for $28k
October 26, 2018, 11:28 AM
Preview A 350-year-old magician’s scroll containing a spell which promises to “get women naked” has sold for £22,000 ($28,215) at an auction house in the United Kingdom.
Read full article here: https://www.rt.com/news/442373-magician-nude-spell-auction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
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Pakistan v India: Conflict moves to outer space as countries race to put human in orbit
October 26, 2018, 7:38 AM
Preview Pakistan is moving its competition with India to a parallel pitch as it intends to send a human into space with the help of China… in the exact year that India promised to do the same in collaboration with Russia.
Read full article here: https://www.rt.com/news/442343-pakistan-india-space-mission/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
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State media: Turkish prosecutors request extradition from Saudi Arabia of 18 suspects in journalist’s killing
October 26, 2018, 11:59 AM
State media: Turkish prosecutors request extradition from Saudi Arabia of 18 suspects in journalist’s killing
Read full article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/state-media-turkish-prosecutors-request-extradition-from-saudi-arabia-of-18-suspects-in-journalists-killing/2018/10/26/cf840e5c-d937-11e8-8384-bcc5492fef49_story.html
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Khashoggi fiancée snubs Trump invitation to White House
October 26, 2018, 11:24 AM
The murdered Saudi journalist’s partner says the US leader is not sincere about finding the truth.
Read full article here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45989356
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India’s air quality plummets to worst possible category
October 26, 2018, 6:45 AM
The level of PM2.5, tiny particulate matter that can clog lungs, is over six times higher than the WHO safe level.
Read full article here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/10/india-air-quality-plummeted-worst-category-181026072556573.html
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2,300 migrant children in Central American ‘caravan’ need protection, UNICEF says
October 26, 2018, 12:26 PM
As some 7,000 mostly-Honduran migrants continue their journey northwards toward the United States, governments must prioritize the needs of migrant children when it comes to applying immigration laws and procedures, said the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday.
Read full article here: https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2018/10/1024222
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