Create your page here
photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore
Trump Threatens To Use Military To Close U.S.-Mexico Border, Cancel USMCA
WorldNews.com 18 Oct 2018
U.S. 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 ... In one tweet, the report said, Trump said....
Edit
photo: Creative Commons / opentextbc.ca
A Mysterious Polio-Like Disease Is Popping Up Throughout The US. What Is it?
IFL Science 18 Oct 2018
Earlier this month, we reported that six children from Minnesota contracted a rare, polio-like illness called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), which causes sudden paralyzing weakness in the arms and legs. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed an additional 56 cases across 22 states on Wednesday, and are investigating a further 65 ... "The hallmark is sudden onset of weakness in the arms or the legs ... ....
Edit
photo: Creative Commons / Dannie Calder
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 ... surveillance system is proved to work well. Disappointing news, but not ... ....
Edit
photo: US Navy / John F. Williams
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. Both tech firms have drawn criticism over their involvement in controversial military and police projects, prompting anonymous workers to write public letters denouncing them ... In response, an Amazon employee wrote in a post published to Medium ... Not now, not ever.". Shape Created with Sketch ... 1/43 ... AP....
Edit
photo: US DoD / Adrian Cadiz
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. Yet the authorities ordered female activists not to speak out in its favour. 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 ... Mohamad Bazzi. Read more....
Edit
photo: AP / Fernando Vergara
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....
Edit
photo: AP / Kim Sun-woong/Newsis
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 ... “The Yemeni refugees have risked every danger to come to our country, just so that they could survive,” Choi said ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
Edit
photo: AP / Susan Walsh
Pompeo Gives Saudi Arabia Several Days To Produce Complete Khashoggi Report
WorldNews.com 18 Oct 2018
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addressed the media outside the White House on Thursday after meeting with President Donald Trump to discuss his meetings with Saudi and Turkish officials concerning the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to NBC News ... “There are lots of stories out there about what has happened. We are going to allow the process to move forward,” Pompeo said ... Khashoggi," he said ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
Edit
photo: AP / Mykola Lazarenko via Presidential Press Service Pool
Ukraine Creates Group To Stop Any Election Meddling Attempts From Russia
WorldNews.com 18 Oct 2018
Ukraine established a special group to curb any attempt from Moscow to influence elections in 2019 on Thursday, according to Reuters. The National Council for Security and Defence, led by President Petro Poroshenko, created the group before the presidential elections scheduled in March and parliamentary elections next October ... Moscow denies carrying out cyberattacks ... ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
Edit
photo: Public Domain
The story of the Armenian Legion is finally being told – and it is a dark tale of anger and revenge
The Independent 18 Oct 2018
Governments at war make dangerous promises. And the First World War was a time of promises and lies. The promises came first ... Then came the betrayals. Superpowers like legions, the Roman variety, preferably when they are composed of foreigners ... To be a loser twice over turns you into a curio ... ....
Edit
photo: AP / Matt Dunham
Liam Fox pulls out of Saudi investment conference
This is Money 18 Oct 2018
International Development Secretary Liam Fox is pulling out of an international investment conference in Saudi Arabia amid concerns over the disappearance of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi ... The UK Government spokesman said ... ....
Edit
photo: AP / Alastair Grant
UK police tell websites to patrol sex trafficking after mass arrests
This is Money 18 Oct 2018
By Kieran Guilbert. LONDON, Oct 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - British police on Thursday challenged web companies to better patrol the online sex trade after announcing dozens of arrests and the rescue of at least 90 suspected slaves in a crackdown ... "Adult service websites ... "We also want social media companies to do more than just report once they have found something wrong ... Visit http.//news.trust.org). ....
Edit
photo: AP
Manhunt in Crimea for possible accomplice in school attack
The Telegraph Macon 18 Oct 2018
Authorities on the Crimean Peninsula were searching for a possible accomplice of the student who carried out a shooting and bomb attack on a vocational school, killing 20 people and wounding more than 50 others, an official said Thursday. An 18-year-old student, who later killed himself, was initially believed to be the only one to have been involved in the carnage at the Kerch Polytechnic College on Wednesday ... SIGN ME UP! ... Comments ... ....
Edit
photo: AP / Altaf Qadri
Delhi government forms inspection team to check pollution
Yahoo Daily News 18 Oct 2018
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) With Delhi air quality worsening, Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Thursday formed an inspection team to carry out surprise checks in the capital to check air pollution violations ... "The Minister has also sought details and schedule of the operation of mechanical sweeping and sprinkling vehicles being operated by these bodies," a statement by Hussain's office said ... --IANS. sd/prs. ....
Edit
photo: US DoS
Trump meets Pompeo as Khashoggi crisis engulfs White House
CNN 18 Oct 2018
(CNN)President Donald Trump will meet Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday as the White House struggles to contain a spiraling crisis over a journalist's apparent death at a Saudi consulate ... Trump denied that he was "giving cover" to Saudi Arabia, insisting that he wants to get to the bottom of what happened. "I want to find out what happened, where is the fault, and we will probably know that by the end of the week ... Read More ... ....
Edit
