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U.S. stocks ride higher on trade optimism – (Reuters)
U.S.
stocks rose on Tuesday, helped by a rebound in technology stocks after a
volatile few sessions on Wall Street, amid optimism over the U.S.-China
trade dispute and some upbeat earnings reports.
The Latest: Casket arrives for first funeral after massacre – (Associated Press)
PITTSBURGH
(AP) — The Latest on the first funerals from the synagogue massacre
(all times local): 10:25 a.m. The casket of Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz has
arrived at the Jewish Community Center in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill
neighborhood for the first of the funerals…
Trump to push end to birthright citizenship as U.S. elections loom – (Reuters)
President
Donald Trump said he will seek to end the right of citizenship to
children born in the United States to non-citizens and illegal
immigrants in his latest bid to dramatically reshape immigration
policies as he seeks to shore up Republicans ahead of n…
Female Candidates Break Barriers, Except When It Comes to Money – (The New York Times)
Women
are running in record numbers, and asserting themselves as donors as
well, but they still trail male candidates in fund-raising.
Trump vows to end birthright citizenship – (BBC News)
Today’s mid-terms round-up looks at immigration, irked musicians, and an historic race in Georgia.
Previous flight of crashed Lion Air jet terrified passengers – (Associated Press)
JAKARTA,
Indonesia (AP) — Relatives numbed by grief provided samples for DNA
tests to help identify victims of the Lion Air plane crash that killed
189 people in Indonesia, as accounts emerged Tuesday of problems on the
jet’s previous flight including rapid d…
US sending 5,200 troops to border, double Syria deployment – (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON
(AP) — The Pentagon is deploying 5,200 troops to America’s southwest
border in an extraordinary military operation a week before nationwide
elections in which President Donald Trump wants voters to focus on a
slow-moving “invasion” of Central Ameri…
‘I’m going to die:’ Survivors relive horrors at Tree of Life – (Associated Press)
PITTSBURGH
(AP) — Up in the choir loft, alone, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers whispered to a
911 dispatcher on his cellphone. Below him, down in the sanctuary, eight
of his congregants had been felled by a gunman’s bullets. Up here,
though, Myers couldn’t see them — or …
‘I’m going to die:’ Survivors relive horrors at Tree of Life – (Associated Press)
PITTSBURGH
(AP) — Up in the choir loft, alone, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers whispered to a
911 dispatcher on his cellphone. Below him, down in the sanctuary, eight
of his congregants had been felled by a gunman’s bullets. Up here,
though, Myers couldn’t see them — or …
Trump: End birthright citizenship for some US-born babies – (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON
(AP) — President Donald Trump is making another hardline immigration
play in the final days before midterm elections, declaring that he wants
to order an end to the constitutional right to citizenship for babies
born in the United States to non-cit…
Trump sends 5,200 troops to Mexico border as caravan advances – (Reuters)
The
United States said on Monday it will send over 5,200 troops to help
secure the border with Mexico, a far larger-than-expected deployment as
President Donald Trump hardens his stance on immigration ahead of Nov. 6
mid-term elections.
‘Rage’ against elite: Centrist leaders losing Europe’s favor – (Associated Press)
LONDON
(AP) — Angela Merkel’s decision to step down as party leader even as
she tries to keep her position as German chancellor highlights a trend
bedeviling Europe’s leaders: Centrist parties are fading as fringe
parties gather pace. Merkel — whose familiar …
Apple expected to unveil iPads with facial recognition – (Reuters)
Apple
Inc on Tuesday is expected to unveil updates to its Mac computers and
iPads that include facial recognition features that have been available
in the iPhone lineup at an event in Brooklyn.
Pittsburgh to bury synagogue shooting victims as Trump faces protest – (Reuters)
Pittsburgh’s
Jewish community was gathering on Tuesday to bury the first victims of
the deadliest attack on the U.S. Jewish community as critics prepared to
protest President Donald Trump’s visit to the city.
Synagogue shooter was obsessed with Jewish refugee agency – (Associated Press)
Just
moments before the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting that left 11 people
dead, the suspect is believed to have posted a final social media rant
against a Jewish refugee settlement agency most people had never heard
of, but which has increasingly become the t…
Exclusive: Defense firms see only hundreds of new U.S. jobs from Saudi mega deal – (Reuters)
Every
time President Donald Trump mentions the $110 billion arms deal he
negotiated with Saudi Arabia last year, he quickly follows up, saying
“It’s 500,000 jobs.”
Stocks struggle after trade worries send yuan to 10-year low – (Reuters)
European
shares labored in the red and China’s yuan hit a 10-year low on Tuesday
as the prospect of an escalation in the U.S.-Sino trade war compounded
the recent gloom in global markets.
Indonesian divers, ‘pinger locators’, hunt for doomed plane’s cockpit recorders – (Reuters)
Indonesia
deployed divers on Tuesday to search for an airliner that crashed with
189 people on board, as “pinger locators” tried to zero in on its
cockpit recorders and find out why an almost-new plane went down in the
sea minutes after take-off.
Trump says he expects ‘great deal’ with China, but more tariffs if not – (Reuters)
U.S.
President Donald Trump said he thinks there will be “a great deal” with
China on trade, but warned that he has billions of dollars worth of new
tariffs ready to go if a deal isn’t possible.
Anger at ‘Jesus prayer’ for Jewish victims – (BBC News)
Rabbi Loren Jacobs led prayers in the name of “Jesus the Messiah” at a Republican campaign rally.
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Apple’s new MacBook Air comes with Touch ID and a retina display, and it starts at $1199 – (CNBC)
The event follows Apple’s big September event where it unveiled new iPhones and a new Apple Watch.
Nature in steep decline due to human activities: WWF Living Planet Report 2018 – (Phys.org)
The
ways in which humans feed, fuel and finance our societies and economies
are pushing our planet’s natural systems – which support all life on
earth—to the edge, according to WWF’s Living Planet Report 2018 released
today.
Travel daredevils identified as couple dead from Yosemite cliff plunge – (Nypost.com)
Jimmy Butler upstages LeBron James from long range to lift Wolves – (Espn.com)
Jimmy
Butler scored 32 points and was a perfect 5-for-5 from behind the
3-point arc in the fourth quarter, highlighted by a 26-footer with 19.7
seconds left that lifted Minnesota and effectively buried LeBron James
and the Lakers.
Dancing With the Stars recap: Full of tricks, treats, and one truly frightening lift – (Entertainment Weekly)
The couples do their best to conjure up high scores with scary routines on Dancing With the Stars ‘Halloween Night.’
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All about Trump
Iran is still selling a lot of oil just days before Trump’s sanctions deadline – (CNBC)
The
Trump administration’s sanctions have cut Iran’s oil exports more
quickly than expected, but the White House is still a long way off from
its goal of zeroing out Iranian crude sales.
Jair Bolsonaro poised to upend Brazil’s foreign policy – (Financial Times)
President-elect looking to imitate much of the agenda of ‘great ally’ Donald Trump
U.S. birthright citizenship explained: What is it, how many people benefit – (USA Today)
President Trump is trying to follow through on one of his campaign promises by ending birthright citizenship.
It’s not a blue wave. It’s a realignment of American politics – (CNN)
In
next week’s midterm elections, President Donald Trump is poised to put
his stamp on each party’s demographic and geographic base of support as
surely as he formerly fastened it to one of his hotels.
Trump to push end to birthright citizenship as U.S. elections loom – (Reuters)
President
Donald Trump said he will seek to end the right of citizenship to
children born in the United States to non-citizens and illegal
immigrants in his latest bid to dramatically reshape immigration
policies as he seeks to shore up Republicans ahead of n…
President Trump says he plans to end birthright citizenship with an executive order – (USA Today)
“We’re
the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby,
and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States,” Trump said.
Trump vows to end birthright citizenship – (BBC News)
Today’s mid-terms round-up looks at immigration, irked musicians, and an historic race in Georgia.
GOP lawmaker blasts Trump: ‘Birthright citizenship is protected by the Constitution’ – (The Hill)
Rep.
Now Trump Is Saying He’ll Stop Babies Born Here From Becoming Citizens, Though He Probably Can’t – (Buzzfeed)
This is about as real as Middle Easterners in the caravan.
How Donald Trump’s war on political correctness opened a Pandora’s box of hate speech – (CNN)
When
Donald Trump ran for president, one of the core pillars of his pitch to
the voting public was this: Political correctness is a cancer eating
away at the body politic.
Pharrell sends Trump cease and desist letter for playing ‘Happy’ at rally after Pittsburgh shooting – (Entertainment Weekly)
Grammy-winning
musician has sent a cease and desist letter to the president after
Donald Trump used ‘Happy’ at a rally following Pittsburgh shooting.
Live: Trump visits Pittsburgh after synagogue shooting – CNNPolitics – (CNN)
President
Trump and first lady Melania Trump will visit Pittsburgh to show
support following Saturday’s synagogue shooting. Follow here for the
latest.
US sending 5,200 troops to border, double Syria deployment – (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON
(AP) — The Pentagon is deploying 5,200 troops to America’s southwest
border in an extraordinary military operation a week before nationwide
elections in which President Donald Trump wants voters to focus on a
slow-moving “invasion” of Central Ameri…
What is the migrant caravan and why is it dominating the US midterm elections? – (Independent)
Convoy
of asylum seekers en route from Honduras find themselves at centre of
border control debate as President Trump threatens crackdown
Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship will likely hit a constitutional dead end – (CNBC)
Trump
is taking on the 14th Amendment, passed in 1868 to grant citizenship to
former slaves. It’s one of the most heavily litigated provisions of the
Constitution. Since at least 1898, the Supreme Court has held that it
grants citizenship to children of nonci…
Donald Trump wants to revoke birthright citizenship in the US with an ‘executive order’ – (ABC News (AU))
President
Donald Trump reveals he wants to end the constitutional right to
citizenship for babies of non-citizens and unauthorised immigrants born
in the United States.
Trump: End birthright citizenship for some US-born babies – (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON
(AP) — President Donald Trump is making another hardline immigration
play in the final days before midterm elections, declaring that he wants
to order an end to the constitutional right to citizenship for babies
born in the United States to non-cit…
Trump sends 5,200 troops to Mexico border as caravan advances – (Reuters)
The
United States said on Monday it will send over 5,200 troops to help
secure the border with Mexico, a far larger-than-expected deployment as
President Donald Trump hardens his stance on immigration ahead of Nov. 6
mid-term elections.
10 years of Sachsgate: how a puerile prank call broke the BBC and made comedy more boring – (The Telegraph)
“Compared
with leaving the EU or the election of Donald Trump, it was of no
magnitude whatsoever,” says the comedy producer Jon Plowman when asked
about the impact of the BBC bungle enshrined in history as “Sachsgate”.
Donald Trump is very wrong in claiming that the U.S. is the only country that offers birthright citizenship – (Newsweek)
“We’re
the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby,
and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States … with all
of those benefits,” Trump said, incorrectly.
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