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CORRECTED – Insight: Bolsonaro’s anti-China rants have Beijing nervous about Brazil

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(Corrects price paid by China Three Gorges for Brazil dams in paragraph 33 to 13.8 billion reais not 4.8 billion reais.) By Jake Spring BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Chinese government is trying to make peace with Brazil's leading presidential candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, whose China-bashing threatens to chill a profitable trading relationship that has benefited both countries. Chinese diplomats based in Brasilia have met twice with top Bolsonaro advisors in recent weeks, according to participants in the meetings. Читать дальше...

Podcast: Saudi journalists grapple with Khashoggi’s death

Columbia Journalism Review 

ON THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, CJR Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope speaks with Zainab Sultan, a Delacorte Fellow at CJR, about what Jamal Khashoggi’s murder means for Saudi journalists living outside the kingdom. SHOW NOTES: How Khashoggi’s murder impacts Saudi journalists, Zainab Sultan, CJR Why Trump doesn’t care about Jamal Khashoggi, Kyle Pope, CJR The challenge of […]

Ayushman Bharat a big gift for poor and needy: Rajnath

Business Standard 

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday asserted that the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana - Ayushman Bharat (PMJAY-AB) is one of the best gift for poor people of the country by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Further outlining the benefits of Ayushman Bharat, Singh said, "In Lucknow alone, 45 people have been treated since the launch of this scheme. Ayushman Bharat is a very big gift to poor countrymen from the Prime Minister. In India, as much as 5 crore people have gone below the poverty line... Читать дальше...



‘Holy Grail of paper money’ sells at auction for $2M

New York Post 

An extremely rare $1,000 bill described as the “Holy Grail of paper money” has been sold at auction for just over $2 million. Auction house Stack’s Bowers Galleries sold the unusual bill for $2.04 million on Thursday evening at the 2018 Winter Whitman Expo in Baltimore. The 1890 Treasury Note is dubbed the “Grand Watermelon”...

Megyn Kelly ousted from NBC talk show after 'blackface' remark

Business Standard 

American broadcast television network NBC on Friday confirmed Megyn Kelly's exit from the talk show "Megyn Kelly Today". This comes after the host made controversial remarks about 'blackface' earlier this week."'Megyn Kelly Today' is not returning. Next week, the 9 a.m. hour will be hosted by other TODAY co-anchors," an NBC spokesperson was quoted as saying by USA Today.NBC clarified that Kelly's time as the host of the show was over, but the fate of her future at the network is still undecided."This morning... Читать дальше...

Listen to this call I got from some outfit called Associated Community Services

Boing Boing 

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I subscribe to a service called Jolly Roger Telephone Co. It automatically picks up calls from telemarketers and connects them to a bot that speaks with them for as long as the telemarketer is willing to stay on the line with the bot. The purpose of Jolly Roger is to make it costly for telemarketers to ply their sleazy trade by wasting their time. The more time a telemarketer spends talking to a bot, the less time they have talking to potential victims. Читать дальше...

VP Naidu to embark on three-nation visit on Oct 31

Business Standard 

Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu will be visiting three countries in Africa from October 31 to November 06.The Vice-President will take a tour of Botswana, Zimbabwe and Malawi. He will be accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising of Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Krishan Pal Gurjar, and four Members of Parliament (MPs) in addition to senior officials.While addressing the media in Delhi, TS Tirumurti, Secretary (ER) said, "The first leg of the visit is to Botswana. The... Читать дальше...

Sterling Biotech case: ED seeks fugitive offender tag for owners

Business Standard 

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday moved a special court seeking a fugitive tag against Sterling Biotech promoters under Section 4 of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act in connection with Rs 8,100 crore bank loan fraud case.The ED moved the plea before additional sessions judge Satish Kumar Arora to declare promoters-- Nitin Sandesara, Chetan Sandesara, Dipti Sandesara and Hitesh Patel as fugitives.The ED claimed that the promoters have reportedly fled the country to avoid criminal investigation... Читать дальше...

Shots fired on car on Montreal Road early Friday

Ottawa Citizen 

Police are investigating after “multiple” shots fired from one vehicle hit a second on Montreal Road early Friday. They responded after getting a 911 call at 1:50 a.m. from the victims after their car was fired upon just east of Montgomery Street, which is between North River Road and the Vanier Parkway. No one was […]

Narendra Modi a paradoxical Prime Minister: Dr Manmohan Singh

Business Standard 

Former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Friday lashed out at the central government and dubbed his successor Narendra Modi as 'a paradoxical Prime Minister'.While addressing a gathering at the book launch of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, Singh lauded the book but did not mince his words while attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government.Singh called Shashi's book "The paradoxical Prime Minister" as a "very timely and important book." He further thanked Tharoor for reminding... Читать дальше...

Agent Brodie Van Wagenen emerging as the favorite to be next Mets GM: sources

«New York Daily News» 

Friday morning, people around baseball were scratching their heads.

The Mets announced that they had narrowed their search for a GM down to two very different candidates. The 35-year-old Chaim Bloom, senior vice president of baseball operations for the Rays, has been a pretty hot name among open...

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Arbaeen pilgrimage route under full security coverage

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Ahvaz, Oct 26, IRNA – With the necessary measures taken by related organizations, all the border paths for Arbaeen pilgrimage are in full security, according to head of Iran’s National Security Research Center.


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