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Trump Threatens To Use Military To Close U.S.-Mexico Border, Cancel USMCA
WorldNews.com 18 Oct 2018
President Donald Trump has threatened to use the military to close the U.S.-Mexico border and cancel a just-completed trade deal as he expressed mounting frustration with a large caravan of migrants from Honduras making it’s way toward the United States, The Washington Post reported Thursday. In a series of morning tweets, the report said, the president repeated previous vows to halt U.S....
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Putin Says Russia Will Deploy Hypersonic Weapons In The 'Coming Months'
WorldNews.com 18 Oct 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow will deploy hypersonic weapons in the "coming months," a significant step that would enable the Kremlin to surpass the United States and China, CNBC reports.A hypersonic weapon can travel at least five times the speed of sound, or about one mile per second ... a state of the nation address....
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[UPDATE] Trump Says It Appears Khashoggi Is Dead; Pressure Mounts On Saudis
WorldNews.com 18 Oct 2018
response depending on the results of the self-run investigation by the kingdom into the disappearance of Khashoggi, a Saudi citizen and Washington Post contributing columnist.“I mean, it’s bad, bad stuff. But we’ll see what happens,” Trump said.Trump said the White House expected to have a Saudi account of the Khashoggi case “very soon.”“And I think we’ll be making a statement, a very strong statement,” he added....
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A Mysterious Polio-Like Disease Is Popping Up Throughout The US. What Is it?
IFL Science 18 Oct 2018
Medical officials do not know how the disease is spreading or what is causing it in the first place, but we do know that it primarily affects the young – more than 90 percent of patients are under 18. AFM attacks the patient's nervous system (and the spinal cord, in particular) resulting in extreme weakness of the arms and legs ... "The hallmark is sudden onset of weakness in the arms or the legs....
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Microsoft and Amazon workers protest firms' military AI contract and 'authoritarian surveillance' tech
The Independent 18 Oct 2018
Employees at Amazon and Microsoft have raised concerns about ethical decisions being made at the highest level of their companies ... The protests come after Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said that part of his job is to make unpopular decisions, such as choosing to work with the US military or providing tools that enable police surveillance ... The Jaguar I-PACE Concept car is the start of a new era for Jaguar....
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South Korean Opposition Criticizes Government For Refusing Yemenis Refugee Status
WorldNews.com 18 Oct 2018
Progressives criticized the South Korean government as caving into xenophobic rhetoric on Thursday after it rejected a plea for refugee status for nearly 400 asylum seekers who fled from war-torn Yemen to the resort island of Jeju earlier this year, according to the South China Morning Post ... We should no longer ignore the voices of people who seek to live.”....
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Kushner, Saudi Crown Prince Reportedly Talk On WhatsApp
WorldNews.com 18 Oct 2018
The Wall Street Journal reported late Tuesday that Khashoggi appears to have been drugged, beaten, killed and dismembered by Saudi operatives in the presence of a top Saudi diplomat.CNN reports that Kushner has been “operating behind-the-scenes to mitigate the fallout” and “quietly leveraging his close relationship” with Mohammed while treading lightly to avoid stepping on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s purview....
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Trump's Approval Rating Among Military Slips, With Army Lowest
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
President Donald Trump's approval rating among members of the military has slipped slightly since he took office two years ago, according to a poll by Military Times, al.com reported ... His disapproval rating was 43.1 percent, up from 37 percent two years ago.Troops overwhelmingly support Trump's handling of military issues over that of former President Barack Obama, however....
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Thousands Of Colombian Students, Teachers Protest Cuts To Education Funding
WorldNews.com 18 Oct 2018
More than 100,000 students and teachers marched in protest over the continued cuts to the education budget for public schools in the South American nation of Colombia on Thursday, according to NewsClick. The Colombian Federation of Education Workers (FECODE) announced on Wednesday they would go on strike to join the protests led by public university students, professors, and directors who are demanding the government to do more....
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Vatican Mum On North Korea's Invitation To Pope Francis
WorldNews.com 18 Oct 2018
Pope Francis received an invitation on Thursday to visit North Korea, a message relayed to him in a private audience at the Vatican with President Moon Jae-in of South Korea, The New York Times reported.Moon, who is Roman Catholic, passed along the verbal invitation from North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un ... of Kim’s commitment to the peace process....
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Bolsonaro Accused Of Breaking Brazil's Campaign Finance Law With WhatsApp Campaign
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
Brazilian presidential candidate Fernando Haddad accused the right-wing frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro of carrying out an illegal mass messaging campaign on WhatsApp, the social media messaging app, which was funded by private businesses, which would be a violation of the South American country's campaign finance law on Thursday, according to Reuters....
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Florida Eases Voting Rules In Counties Hit Hardest By Hurricane Michael
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
– Florida Department of StateGov ... Bill Nelson in a race that could decide control of the U.S ... The scope of Michael's destruction is still emerging ... 26.The Department of State said local election supervisors face obstacles that included damaged polling sites, extended phone service disruptions and large numbers of residents without power....
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U.S. Refrains From Calling China A 'Currency Manipulator'
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
The United States has refrained from labeling China a "currency manipulator" in a move that may help defuse escalating tension over trade between the two countries, BBC News reports.President Donald Trump has previously accused China of keeping its currency weak to make exports more competitive.Speculation that the U.S ... policies of major U.S....
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Mohammed bin Salman never was a reformer. This has proved it
The Guardian 18 Oct 2018
In June, when the ban on Saudi women driving ended, it was portrayed around the world as part of a modernising, liberalising agenda by the new crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman ... Their blunt message was that what was being offered was the gift of King Salman and his crown prince son, and not a result of the campaign by female activists. In fact, the government had arrested 11 of these activists a month beforehand....
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BSE case confirmed at Aberdeenshire farm
Belfast Telegraph 18 Oct 2018
A case of BSE has been identified on a farm in Aberdeenshire, officials have said. Restrictions have been put in place at the unnamed farm as an investigation is carried out into the source of the animal disease Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, more commonly known as Mad Cow Disease. The case was identified as part of routine testing ......
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