Wednesday, October 26, 2016

The Latest: France Warns Up to 1 Million Could Flee Mosul and other top stories.

  • The Latest: France Warns Up to 1 Million Could Flee Mosul

    BARTELLA, Iraq — The Latest on the campaign to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State group (all times local):2:15 p.m.France's foreign minister is warning that up to a million people might try to flee the fighting in the Iraqi city of Mosul, and says authorities must check each one to make sure Islamic State extremists aren't escaping among the civilians.Jean-Marc Ayrault also stressed that the long-awaited, multi-pronged battle for Mosul is only one piece of the campaign again..
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  • Duterte says US has lost, aligns Philippines with China

    Duterte says US has lost, aligns Philippines with China
    By Ben Blanchard | BEIJING BEIJING Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced his "separation" from the United States on Thursday, declaring that it had "lost" and he had realigned with China as the two agreed to resolve their South China Sea dispute through talks.Duterte made his comments in China, where he is visiting with at least 200 business people to pave the way for what he calls a new commercial alliance as relations with longtime ally the United States deteriorate.His trade secr..
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  • Donald Trump: Vladimir Putin Is 'Not My Best Friend'

    Donald Trump: Vladimir Putin Is 'Not My Best Friend'
    WASHINGTON ― Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin is “not my best friend,” when he was asked whether he disapproves of Russia's alleged interference in the U.S. election. Trump, who once encouraged ...
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  • 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil': Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh assures safe screening of Karan Johar's film

    'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil': Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh assures safe screening of Karan Johar's film
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  • Leaks put Assange at odds with Ecuador's warming up to US

    Leaks put Assange at odds with Ecuador's warming up to US
    QUITO, Ecuador — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is finding himself in open conflict with his Ecuadorean protectors as the group’s latest dump targeting Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign runs afoul of the South American government’s goal of warming up to Washington. Ecuador’s move to cut off his internet access at its embassy in London was a stinging rebuke from leftist President Rafael Correa, who in 2012 heralded Assange as a digital-age Robin Hood and granted him asylum over protests ..
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  • Assad Claims Viral Picture of Syrian Boy In Ambulance Is Fake, Contradicting Numerous Witness Accounts

    Assad Claims Viral Picture of Syrian Boy In Ambulance Is Fake, Contradicting Numerous Witness Accounts
    FILE - In this frame grab taken from video provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), 5-year-old Omran Daqneesh sits in an ambulance after being pulled out or a building hit by an airstirke, in Aleppo, Syria ...
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  • UK to pardon thousands of gay men convicted under defunct laws

    UK to pardon thousands of gay men convicted under defunct laws
    LONDON Britain is to pardon thousands of gay and bisexual men who were convicted of crimes under sexual offense laws which have now been abolished, following on from the 2013 exoneration of celebrated World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing.Homosexual acts were not decriminalized in England until 1967 and it was not until 2001 that the age of consent for homosexuals was reduced to 16, bringing it into line with the law governing heterosexuals.Lord John Sharkey, who has been pushing the governme..
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  • Turkish media: Strikes kill up to 200 Kurdish militants in Syria

    Turkish media: Strikes kill up to 200 Kurdish militants in Syria
    Protesters hold signs during a demonstration against the bombings in Aleppo on Oct. 19, 2016 in front of the chancellery in Berlin ahead of a meeting of leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany.(Photo: STEFFI LOOS, AFP/Getty Images)Up to 200 militia members were killed in air strikes in Aleppo province in Syria where Kurdish-led forces have been advancing against Islamic State militants, Turkish media reported Thursday.The Turkish General Staff said between 160 and 200 members of the Kurdi..
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  • Typhoon Haima Leaves at Least 7 Dead in Northern Philippines

    Typhoon Haima Leaves at Least 7 Dead in Northern Philippines
    VIGAN, Philippines — Super Typhoon Haima weakened and blew out to sea Thursday after smashing the northern Philippines with ferocious wind and rain overnight. Flooding, landslides and power outages were evident, but large casualties appeared to have been averted after nearly 100,000 people fled to safer ground.Haima's blinding winds and rain had rekindled fears of the catastrophe wrought by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, but there were no immediate reports of any major damage. Several villages are cu..
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  • Argentinians Protest Violence Against Women on 'Black Wednesday'

    Argentinians Protest Violence Against Women on 'Black Wednesday'
    Thousands took to the streets in cities across Argentina on Wednesday to protest violence against women, after the rape and killing of a teenager. Lucia Pérez, 16, was drugged, repeatedly raped and tortured, which led her to suffer a cardiac arrest and then die from internal injuries in the city of Mar del Plata on Oct. 8. Two men left her at a local hospital claiming she had overdosed on drugs, before running away, the BBC reports. Three suspects have been arrests and remain in custody. Acti..
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