North Korea’s leader says Mr Trump is “a rogue and a gangster” who has made “the world restless through threats and blackmail”. Sky News Sharon Marris 22 September, 2017 Donald Trump is “deranged” and will “pay dearly” for his threats, according to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. In a ...
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Brexit: Majority of British people believe UK should stay in the EU, finds latest poll
Exclusive: The change of heart comes as Theresa May travels to Florence to make a major Brexit speech The Independent Joe Watts 21 September, 2017 British people have turned their backs on Brexit, according to a new poll released just as Theresa May prepares to give a make-or-break speech on ...
Read More »Along North Korea’s border with China, an uneasy alliance and a fear of war
ABC NEWS Bob Woodruff and Karson Yiu 19 September, 2017 It was almost 65 years ago when North Korea and the United States agreed to a cease-fire. The guns stopped firing, and the planes stopped dropping bombs, but the war did not officially end. It was settled with an agreement, ...
Read More »Hurricane Maria barrels toward Puerto Rico after leaving a path of devastation in Dominica
The storm could be one of the worst Puerto Rico has seen in generations the Independent Clark Mindock 19 September, 2017 Residents in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic are preparing for potentially devastating storm winds in the next couple of days as Hurricane Maria moves through the Caribbean in ...
Read More »Donald Trump threatens to ‘totally destroy’ North Korea in UN speech
The Guardian Julian Borger 19 September, 2017 Donald Trump has threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea, in a bellicose first address to the United Nations general assembly in which he lashed out at a litany of US adversaries and called on “righteous” countries to confront them. The speech was greeted ...
Read More »149 killed as 7.1 magnitude quake fells buildings in Mexico
By Mark Stevenson, Christopher Sherman and Peter Orsi Associated Press 20 September, 2017 A powerful earthquake shook central Mexico on Tuesday, collapsing buildings in plumes of dust and killing at least 149 people. Thousands fled into the streets in panic, and many stayed to help rescue those trapped. Dozens of ...
Read More »Mattis Leaves the Door Open to Military Options in North Korea
The New York Times Helene Cooper 18 September, 2017 WASHINGTON — The United States and its allies have not shot down any North Korean missiles because Pyongyang has yet to launch one that directly threatens American or Japanese territory, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday. But he said that ...
Read More »Rohingya crisis: Suu Kyi does not fear global ‘scrutiny’
BBC NEWS 19 September, 2017 Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she does not fear “international scrutiny” of her government’s handling of the growing Rohingya crisis. It was her first national address on the violence in northern Rakhine state that has seen more than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims ...
Read More »Global warming may be occurring more slowly than previously thought, study suggests
Previous climate models may have been ‘on the hot side’ The Independent Harry Cockburn 19 September, 2017 Computer modelling used a decade ago to predict how quickly global average temperatures would rise may have forecast too much warming, a study has found. The Earth warmed more slowly than the models ...
Read More »MENA economies prepare for global economic shift: Experts
Arab News BAKER ATYANI 18 September, 2017 MANAMA: The US posture toward the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), as well as global institutions, is negatively impacting business and regional growth, according to experts at the second International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Bahrain Bay Forum 2017. A panel, including ...
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