No phones, scripted tweets: How Trump's Afghanistan trip was kept under wraps

Notorious for leaks and chastened by previous security lapses, the White House went to unusual lengths to keep President Donald Trump's Thanksgiving trip to Afghanistan under wraps, devising a cover story for his movements that included posting scripted tweets while he was in the air, administration officials said.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2qXNHfb

Read More

Chile football season called off early amid protests

All matches were suspended six weeks ago due to security concerns amid anti-government protests.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/33A6UAR

Read More

From a box to a coffin: The long and deadly road home for Vietnamese migrants

They left Vietnam carrying dreams of small fortunes and the heavy burden of family expectations.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/35RtRkn

Read More

Rail fares to rise by 2.7% in January

The rise is below the benchmark inflation rate, but still means big increases for many commuters.

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/37Ow7Lb

Read More

Apple to take 'deeper look' at disputed borders

The review comes after the tech giant was criticised for maps showing Crimea as Russian territory.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2qPvyAi

Read More

Guatemala to try more former top military officials for Maya genocide

Guatemala's human rights prosecutor on Friday indicted another former top military official for genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the bloodiest phase of the Central American country's 36-year civil war.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/37UgemG

Read More

Namibian leader Geingob takes big lead in presidential election

President Hage Geingob took a commanding lead in Namibia's presidential election with roughly two-thirds of the votes counted following Wednesday's vote, official data showed on Friday.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2L7poT4

Read More

Brazil's president accuses actor DiCaprio of financing Amazon fires, offers no evidence

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed on Friday that Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio financed fires being set in the Amazon rainforest, without presenting any evidence, the right-wing leader's latest broadside in casting blame over forest fires that have generated international concern.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/34uxuN3

Read More

Peru opposition leader Keiko Fujimori walks free from jail

Peruvian opposition leader Keiko Fujimori walked free from prison on Friday night after being jailed for more than a year pending a trial over allegations she accepted illegal campaign contributions from Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2P3yLnY

Read More

Winter storm strands 1,000 near Grand Canyon, delays Thanksgiving travelers

Some 1,000 people were stranded without heat or power in a small Arizona town near the Grand Canyon on Friday during a major winter storm that threatened to disrupt travel for millions as it moves east one day after the Thanksgiving holiday.

from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/35XdS4H

Read More

Vietnam receives remains of all British truck victims

The remains of 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a truck near London last month have been brought to Vietnam, bringing to a close a tragic saga that has devastated rural communities in the Southeast Asian country.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/35XcGOL

Read More

Peru opposition leader Keiko Fujimori freed from jail

Peruvian opposition leader Keiko Fujimori walked free from prison on Friday night after being jailed for more than a year pending a trial over allegations she accepted illegal campaign contributions from Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/34CxVEY

Read More

London attacker named, was previously convicted of terrorism offenses

British police named the man who stabbed two people to death in London on Friday in what the authorities called a terrorist attack as 28-year-old Usman Khan, who had been convicted of terrorism offenses and was released from prison last year.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/35SPTDH

Read More

Australia moves closer to compulsory child abuse reporting by priests

Australia's top attorneys agreed on Friday to standardize laws across the country forcing priests to report child abuse revealed to them during confessions in a move that could widen a schism between the church and the government.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2OztjKv

Read More

Police name London Bridge attacker, previously convicted of terrorism offenses

British police named the man who stabbed two people to death in London on Friday in what the authorities called a terrorist attack as 28-year-old Usman Khan, who had been previously convicted of terrorism offenses and released from prison last year.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/34zENDc

Read More

Jesus manger: Relic to return to Bethlehem in time for Christmas

Christians await the return of the thumb-sized relic, which spent almost 1,400 years in Rome.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/37NXxRm

Read More

Rediscovering the forgotten Indian artists of British India

The East India Company commissioned some remarkable artwork from Indian painters in the 18th Century.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2qXyZEX

Read More

How BBC's Katy Watson pumped breast milk through polls and protests

Katy Watson covered a turbulent time in South America while still producing a food supply for baby Isadora.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2OXUmhu

Read More

How contestant was failed in Spain's Big Brother sex assault case

Carlota Prado had no memory of what had happened until she was shown it in the diary room.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2L6r133

Read More

Sham news sites make big bucks from fake views

Websites that copy news stories from legitimate sites are making money from Google and Amazon ads.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2XYX4r0

Read More

Priya: India's female comic superhero returns to rescue 'stolen girls'

The fictional female superhero and her pet tiger fight trafficking in the latest Priya Shakti comic.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2qIHrHV

Read More

Mexico bristles at U.S. cartel plan, insists it's doing its part

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that his government was committed to fighting organized crime, seeking to dispel fears that the United States could take matters in its own hands in the fight against drug cartels.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/35NBHf8

Read More