Friday, August 31, 2018

Thunderstorms tomorrow!


With a low of 79F and a high of 90F.

Thunderstorms tomorrow!


With a low of 79F and a high of 90F.

World News

Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed sacked the country's energy minister, Khaled Gadour, and four senior ministry officials on Friday over corruption allegations, an official source told Reuters.


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While many Indonesians have been cheering on the athletes at the Asian Games, which began in their country on Aug. 18, some have been mourning loved ones killed in a security crackdown aimed at ensuring a trouble-free sports festival.


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Turkey needs Russian-made S-400 surface-to-air missile batteries and will procure them as soon as possible, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.


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News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines


By CHRIS STANFORD and ANNA SCHAVERIEN from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2NAWk5i

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South Korea said on Friday it will dispatch special envoys to the North Korean capital on September 5 to discuss the timing of a summit between the two countries' leaders expected to take place later in the month.


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Australia's former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull on Friday resigned from parliament, a source familiar with the matter said, stripping the government of its one-seat parliamentary majority.


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Iran has given ballistic missiles to Shi'ite proxies in Iraq and is developing the capacity to build more there to deter attacks on its interests in the Middle East and to give it the means to hit regional foes, Iranian, Iraqi and Western sources said.


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Too Many Chinese Children Need Glasses. Beijing Blames Video Games.


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A French call for further negotiations with Iran over its nuclear accord is "bullying and excessive," its foreign ministry said Friday, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).


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An earthquake measuring 5.0 rattled central Greece on Friday, with no immediate reports of injuries.


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South Korea said on Friday it will dispatch a special envoy to the North Korean capital on September 5 to discuss the timing of a summit between the two countries' leaders expected to take place later in the month.


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United Nations' human rights experts voiced alarm on Thursday over alleged Chinese political re-education camps for Muslim Uighurs and they called for the immediate release of those detained on the "pretext of countering terrorism".


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He Knows His Way Around a Half-Butt (That’s Snooker Talk)


By ROSLYN SULCAS from NYT Theater https://ift.tt/2PTYkai

Tenderly Photographing the End of Her Father’s Life


By JONATHAN BLAUSTEIN from NYT Lens https://ift.tt/2NACMhD

Daily News

James Ricketson was arrested while he was flying a drone over an opposition rally in Cambodia.

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Coca-Cola Bets on Coffee With $5.1 Billion Deal for Costa


By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2MI0kEU

China’s State Media: Trump Tweets Come From an ‘Alternative Universe’


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The man is charged after allegedly saying he would kill journalists who criticised Donald Trump.

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Many countries take steps to prevent terrorism, China's Foreign Ministry said on Friday, after United Nations' human rights experts voiced alarm over the country's alleged political re-education camps for Muslim Uighurs.


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