Saturday, November 11, 2017

Advisers Pulled Back Trump From Harder Line on N. Korea - NBCNews.com

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Advisers Pulled Back Trump From Harder Line on N. Korea
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SEOUL, South Korea — While Donald Trump has been praised for sticking to prepared remarks on his Asia trip rather than lashing out with potentially dangerous verbal attacks against North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, a key speech in Seoul was not the ...
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Putin, Trump agree political solution needed for Syria, Kremlin says

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DANANG, Vietnam (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed a joint statement on Syria on Saturday that said they saw no military solution to the conflict and a political one was needed, the Kremlin said.


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Israel says downed Russian-made Syrian spy drone over Golan Heights

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel shot down a Russian-made spy drone over the Golan Heights on Saturday, the Israeli military said.


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Iraq begins fight for final IS-held town, Rawa

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Rawa is the last town remaining under IS control in Iraq after the fall of al-Qaim.

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'Harmless' Radioactive Cloud Drifts Over Europe Following Mysterious Nuclear Accident - Gizmodo

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'Harmless' Radioactive Cloud Drifts Over Europe Following Mysterious Nuclear Accident
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The cloud of radiation that swept through Europe in recent weeks originated at a nuclear facility in either Russia or Kazakhstan, according to a report put out France's nuclear safety institute. The levels of radiation were never dangerous—at least ...

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Asia-Pacific Forum Sticks to Free-Trade Gospel Despite Trump - U.S. News & World Report

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Asia-Pacific Forum Sticks to Free-Trade Gospel Despite Trump
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An annual Pacific Rim summit is sticking with its tradition of promoting free trade and closer regional ties, shrugging off President Donald Trump's "America First" approach. Nov. 11, 2017, at 3:36 a.m.. Asia-Pacific Forum Sticks to Free-Trade Gospel ...
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Ahead of Trump's visit to Philippines, a big thumbs up from U.S. veterans

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SUBIC, Philippines (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is no stranger to controversy and he has often come in for sharp criticism both at home and overseas, but in the town of Subic in the Philippines, he's a hero.


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North Korea says Trump begged for a war during his Asia trip

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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump's first trip to Asia showed he was a "destroyer" and he had begged for war on the Korean peninsula, in a statement carried by the state news agency.


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Trump and Putin 'agree to defeat IS in Syria'

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Russia says the two leaders agreed a statement after a brief meeting at the Asia-Pacific summit.

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Ahead of Trump's visit to Philippines, a big thumbs up from U.S. veterans

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SUBIC, Philippines (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is no stranger to controversy and he has often come in for sharp criticism both at home and overseas, but in the town of Subic in the Philippines, he's a hero.


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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Iran's take on Johnson's remarks

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The British foreign secretary had commented on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who is in jail in Iran.

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Fishermen's dramatic nine-hour rescue

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Six fishermen were brought to shore by a lifeboat crew in a nine-and-a-half hour rescue in stormy seas.

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Asylum-seekers get 24-hour reprieve from Papua New Guinea camp eviction

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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea will delay by at least 24 hours a plan to forcibly evict hundreds of men from an abandoned Australian detention center, three asylum seekers said on Saturday.


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Mainstream media casts Trump's Asia trip in negative light - Fox News

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Mainstream media casts Trump's Asia trip in negative light
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on the final day of the APEC CEO Summit, part of the broader Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit, in Danang, Vietnam, November 10, 2017. REUTERS/Anthony Wallace/Pool - RC199DEE8450.

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Iraqi forces launch offensive to recapture last town in Islamic State control

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ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces launched an offensive on Saturday to capture Rawa, the last remaining town under Islamic-State control, leaving the group's self-proclaimed caliphate on the verge of complete defeat.


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Friday, November 10, 2017

Booing of Zimbabwe's Grace Mugabe lands four in court

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Four people taken to court after heckling Zimbabwe's first lady as she made a speech.

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First Lady Melania Trump Visits Great Wall, President Trump Pushes 'America First' in Vietnam

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First Lady Melania Trump visited the Great Wall of China at Mutianyu Friday.

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Indo-Pacific? Not from where China is sitting...

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BEIJING/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - As U.S. President Donald Trump and some of America's democratic allies talk up a vision of "Indo-Pacific" cooperation, China is determined to ensure that the future belongs to "Asia".


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Militant threat hangs over Islamic State's former Libyan stronghold

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SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) - Nearly a year after Islamic State was driven from its Libyan stronghold Sirte, residents surveying their wrecked homes feel neglected and vulnerable, still afraid of the militant threat that has waned but not vanished.


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Moment female teacher, 23, who 'had sex with two students and sent nude pictures on Instagram' is arrested - Mirror.co.uk

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Moment female teacher, 23, who 'had sex with two students and sent nude pictures on Instagram' is arrested
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A substitute teacher has been arrested amid claims she had sex with two students and sent 'several' nude pictures to one of them. Madeline Marx, 23, who works at a school in Ohio, US, is accused of having sex with the 11th grade pupils in car parks.

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Trump and Putin shake hands at APEC summit dinner

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DANANG, Vietnam (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin shook hands at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit dinner in Vietnam on Friday, even though the White House said there would be no formal meeting.


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