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I Have Met the Enemy (and the Enemy Is Us) review - ticking bomb of Britain's arms trade
The Guardian - 18 Oct 2019 21:00
Byker Community Centre, NewcastleThis explosive, techno-soundtracked assault on the military machine cuts between war-zone combatants and anxious families in the weapons industry Two men look each other in the eye and re...
James Mattis pokes fun at Trump's insult: 'I guess I'm the Meryl Streep of generals'
The Week - 18 Oct 2019 04:21
Former Defense Secretary James Mattis cracked a few jokes Thursday night at the Al Smith Memorial Foundation dinner in New York — and all of them were at the expense of President Trump. During the contentious meeting o...
Trump Compares Turks and Kurds to 'Two Kids' Fighting
The New York Times - 18 Oct 2019 05:01
Hours after his vice president and secretary of state brokered a cease-fire, President Trump said he was right to let Turkey attack America's Kurdish allies because it eventually led to a deal.
Australian woman missing for three days found alive thanks to 'SOS' scrawled in sand
New York Post - 18 Oct 2019 04:33
A woman lost in South Australian bushland for three days was rescued thanks to an “SOS” she scrawled in the sand in front of a security camera, police said. Deborah Pilgrim, 55, was camping with friends Sunday, when,...
New Zealand plans armed police patrols after Christchurch attack
Al Jazeera English - 18 Oct 2019 04:17
Armed units to patrol in three areas starting on October 28 on six-month trial in response to mosque attacks in March.
New Zealand police to start armed patrols after Christchurch massacre
The Guardian - 18 Oct 2019 03:30
Move comes seven months after 51 people were killed at two mosques in the country's worst peacetime shooting New Zealand officials have said armed police will patrol parts of the country in a trial project following heig...
Former defense secretary roasts Donald Trump: 'I earned my spurs on the battlefield'
ABC News - 18 Oct 2019 05:20
The former secretary of defense spoke in New York City on Thursday.
Netflix moves to shut down lawsuit over Panama Papers film The Laundromat
The Guardian - 18 Oct 2019 04:18
Mossack Fonseca tried to stop film's release over lawyers' portrayal but Netflix says reputations 'long sullied' Netflix has moved to shut down a lawsuit from Mossack Fonseca lawyers over a film about the Panama Papers s...
El Chapo's son arrested in Mexico amid gun battles in western city
New York Post - 18 Oct 2019 03:47
The son of notorious drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was arrested in Mexico Thursday amid gun battles between his supporters and security forces, a report said. Ovidio Guzman Lopez was arrested in Culiacan, a ...
'Texas is not in play,' Trump claims at his campaign rally in Texas
The Week - 18 Oct 2019 05:11
President Trump isn't worried about the changing demographics in Texas and Democratic efforts to register new voters, he told the crowd at his Dallas rally Thursday night. "Texas is not in play," he said, adding, "Democr...
San Diego woman gives up 300 rats she lived with in her van
New York Post - 18 Oct 2019 05:10
A California woman lived with 300 rats in a parked van -- until authorities stepped in and she agreed to let go of her scores of rodents, a report said Thursday. The woman, identified only as Carla, started with just two...
El Chapo's son arrested in Mexico amid gun battles in western city
Fox News - 18 Oct 2019 04:58
The son of notorious drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was arrested in Mexico Thursday amid gun battles between his supporters and security forces, a report said.
2020 Democrats facing pressure to announce potential Supreme Court nominees
CBSNews - 18 Oct 2019 04:51
A new group is calling on 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls to name their potential Supreme Court nominees. Christopher Kang, co-founder and chief counsel of "Demand Justice," joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" to discuss his...
Trump blasts 'crazy' Nancy Pelosi and Democrats, defends Syria pullout
Reuters - 18 Oct 2019 04:43
U.S. President Donald Trump defended his Syria pullout at a campaign rally on Thursday and lashed out at "crazy Nancy" Pelosi and other Democrats who are trying to remove him from office through impeachment.
Six warning lights flashing for China's slowing economy
Reuters - 18 Oct 2019 04:31
China's $13 trillion economy is slowing and indicators showing that range from freight shipments to factory power generation and from employment to expenditures on entertainment.
Police arrest 743 in blitz on 'county lines' drugs gangs
BBC - 18 Oct 2019 04:15
A week of raids across England and Wales netted cocaine, crack and heroin worth over £400,000.
Rick Perry to resign as Donald Trump's energy secretary amid Ukraine scrutiny
USA Today - 18 Oct 2019 03:43The Head of the IMF Says it Will Take More Than a Sino-U.S. Trade Deal to Boost Growth
Time - 18 Oct 2019 03:28
The IMF released an updated economic outlook Tuesday that projected global growth for this year at 3%.
Rugby World Cup 2019: five things to look out for in the knockout stage
The Guardian - 18 Oct 2019 18:03
Tighter matches and record TV viewing figures will be evident as the World Cup jamboree approaches its crunch stage Unsightly thrashings by the vastly superior of the hopelessly under-resourced remain a thing at World Cu...
Ex-Hercules Capital CEO to plead guilty in college admissions scandal
New York Post - 18 Oct 2019 17:08
The financier accused with his wife of paying more than $400,000 to get their daughter into Georgetown University and fudge her younger sister’s test scores will plead guilty to federal charges, prosecutors said Friday...
With Warren's rise, Biden faces Dems' anxiety about 2020 bid
ABC News - 18 Oct 2019 17:01
Some establishment Democrats are increasingly worried about their dueling front-runners in the 2020 presidential nominating process, seeing Elizabeth Warren as too risky in the general election but questioning whether Jo...
Louisiana could become first state with no access to abortion
CBSNews - 18 Oct 2019 16:58
Louisiana could become the first state with no access to abortion if its restrictive new law is upheld at the U.S. Supreme Court. CBS News reporter Kate Smith has been following this story and she joined CBSN AM with det...