NY Times: World
- ‘We Are Seeking Justice,’ Turkish President Says of Khashoggi Case
Monday - 10/22/2018 - 12:25 PMPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey said that he would have a meeting with members of his Parliament on Tuesday to go over the details of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s killing at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Trade War’s Latest Casualties: China’s Coddled Cats and Dogs
Monday - 10/22/2018 - 12:19 PMSome Chinese pet owners don’t trust local food and will even taste it themselves before serving it. For them, the fight means fewer and pricier choices.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jamal Khashoggi Double Sent to Create False Trail in Istanbul, Saudi Official Says
Monday - 10/22/2018 - 10:31 AMA man who resembled the dissident journalist was sent to Turkey and then walked around in his clothes after Mr. Khashoggi’s death, the official said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘We Say Sorry’: Australia Formally Apologizes to Victims of Child Sexual Abuse
Monday - 10/22/2018 - 02:57 AMA public apology by the prime minister was the culmination of a national investigation that found thousands of cases of abuse across decades.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 8 Members of Family Killed in Taiwan’s Worst Rail Crash in Decades
Monday - 10/22/2018 - 01:43 AMThe eight family members who died were returning from a wedding and were among 18 people killed in the crash.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Turkey’s President Vows to Detail Khashoggi Death ‘in Full Nakedness’
Sunday - 10/21/2018 - 03:57 PMRecep Tayyip Erdogan cast doubt on the Saudi claim that Jamal Khashoggi was killed in a fight at a Saudi in Istanbul. He promised a full disclosure.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Rebels in Congo Kill 15 and Abduct Children in Area of Ebola Outbreak
Sunday - 10/21/2018 - 12:33 PMThe violence threatened to again force the suspension of health workers’ efforts to contain the virus, which may have killed more than 150 people since August.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A Push for Safer Fertilizer in Europe Carries a Whiff of Russian Intrigue
Sunday - 10/21/2018 - 07:58 AMA proposed environmental regulation has become an unlikely source of geopolitical tension, raising concerns about Russian influence over Europe’s food supply.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Most of ‘Luzia,’ a 12,000-Year-Old Fossil, Is Recovered After Brazil Museum Fire
Sunday - 10/21/2018 - 06:40 AMThe museum director said that 80 percent of the fossil had been found after a huge fire ripped through the National Museum last month.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Migrants Vow to Rebuild Caravan and Continue Trek to U.S.
Saturday - 10/20/2018 - 11:01 PMAbout 2,000 Central Americans who circumvented the Mexican police plan to keep up a slow journey.
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- Kushner Says White House Is Still ‘Fact-Finding’ on Khashoggi but Will Do What’s ‘Best’ for Americans
Monday - 10/22/2018 - 01:33 PMPresident Trump was mindful of getting answers about how the dissident journalist died, his son-in-law said, but he noted that Saudi Arabia has been a strategic ally of the United States.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Australia Tells America: Here’s How to Fix Your Voting System
Monday - 10/22/2018 - 10:27 AMOur readers from Australia shared their thoughts about being required to vote and helped explain the ins and outs of the process.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Walter Kwok, Hong Kong Developer Who Survived Kidnapping, Dies at 68
Monday - 10/22/2018 - 03:57 AMMr. Kwok led the development giant Sun Hung Kai Properties with his brothers, but was later ousted from the family business.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Italy Dispatch: Italy’s Tough Line on Immigrants Reaches a School Cafeteria
Monday - 10/22/2018 - 03:00 AMLodi’s mayor tightened the rules for lunch subsidies, a move that affected immigrant children. The leader of the League, the country’s right-wing governing party, supports her.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - This Far-Right Politician Could Be Brazil’s Next President
Sunday - 10/21/2018 - 04:45 PMJair Bolsonaro has been in the fringe far right for most of his political career. Now, he is the front-runner in Brazil’s presidential race.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gorbachev Calls Trump’s Treaty Withdrawal ‘Not the Work of a Great Mind’
Sunday - 10/21/2018 - 03:12 PMMikhail S. Gorbachev, who signed the nuclear disarmament treaty President Trump plans to withdraw from, called the move a “mistake.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - At Least 55 Killed in Communal Violence in Central Nigeria
Sunday - 10/21/2018 - 10:04 AMEthnic tension and competition for scarce resources have been blamed for deadly attacks in the area. Security has become a key issue ahead of presidential elections in February.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Taiwan Train Crash Kills at Least 17 and Injures Over 100 Others
Sunday - 10/21/2018 - 08:11 AMThe train derailed in Yilan County, in the northeast, government officials said. About 310 people were reported to be on board.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ambush in Philippines Kills Farmers Occupying Plantation Land
Sunday - 10/21/2018 - 05:03 AMNine were fatally shot, and three bodies burned, after seeking the redistribution of sugar cane land as part of agrarian reform.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - One Killing, Two Accounts: What We Know About Jamal Khashoggi’s Death
Saturday - 10/20/2018 - 04:47 PMAfter denying they knew anything about the fate of Mr. Khashoggi, Saudi officials have finally tried to explain what happened. Does their story add up?
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- News Analysis: Trump May Revive the Cold War, but China Could Change the Dynamics
Monday - 10/22/2018 - 12:34 PMTrump’s decision to dump a missile-control treaty seems to end an important period of arms control — which did not include China. But Europe is not happy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Caravan Heads Through Mexico Toward U.S. Border
Monday - 10/22/2018 - 10:39 AMThousands of migrants were making their way to Tapachula, Mexico, in defiance of orders from the U.S. and Mexican authorities.
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Monday - 10/22/2018 - 08:23 AMVideo of the incident prompted calls to boycott the budget airline, and British officials promised to raise it in Parliament.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Headless Chicken Monster’ Spotted in the Deep Sea
Monday - 10/22/2018 - 02:42 AMA sea cucumber, previously only filmed off the Gulf of Mexico, was seen floating near Antarctica.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In Poland Elections, Populists Fail to Sway Moderates, Exit Polls Suggest
Sunday - 10/21/2018 - 07:54 PMAlthough official results are not yet in, exit polls suggested that the ruling Law and Justice Party had not expanded its appeal to the moderates in Poland’s urban areas.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jordan Reclaims Lands Used by Israel Under Peace Treaty
Sunday - 10/21/2018 - 01:48 PMUnder internal political pressure, King Abdullah II of Jordan said he was reversing a clause of the 1994 treaty that symbolized the peace with Israel.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ajay Gupta, Riled by South African Graft Inquiry, Denies Charges From Afar
Sunday - 10/21/2018 - 11:15 AMIn his first extensive interview since leaving the country, Mr. Gupta says, “I want to clear my name” but won’t yet return to testify.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Saudis’ Image Makers: A Troll Army and a Twitter Insider
Saturday - 10/20/2018 - 09:13 PMThe kingdom silences dissent online by sending operatives to swarm critics. It also recruited a Twitter employee suspected of spying on users, interviews show.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mnuchin to Travel to Saudi Arabia to Reinforce Ties, Despite Uproar Over Khashoggi Killing
Sunday - 10/21/2018 - 07:23 AMTreasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin defended the visit, saying the economic and strategic relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia was too important to be cast aside.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ceremony for Stalin Victims Is Blocked in Moscow, Group Says
Saturday - 10/20/2018 - 01:47 PMThe rights organization that organizes the event said that city officials had revoked permission, citing “repair and construction work” at the site.
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