Donald
Trump Says 'Redskins' Is A Good Name
In an interview with the New York Times, Republican presidential candidate
Donald Trump said the Washington Redskins do not have an offensive team
name. Trump's comments follow a SiriusXM interview with fellow Republican
presidential candidate Jeb Bush, who also said he did not find the name
offensive. According to the New York Times, Native American groups were
angered and Democrats labeled it a demonstration of Bush's insensitivity.
Trump, who usually butts heads with Bush, agreed with the former Florida
Governor's assessment. "Honestly, I don't think they should change the
name, unless the owner wanted to," Mr. Trump said. UPI
VOA VIEW: The position is favored
by majority Americans.
US
Military Says Afghan Forces, Not US, Requested Airstrike That Killed 22
In Hospital
The Pentagon said Monday that the weekend airstrike that killed 22
people inside a northern Afghanistan medical clinic was requested by Afghan
forces -- who reported being under attack by Taliban fighters -- and not
U.S. forces. The Afghans advised that they were taking fire, Gen. John
Campbell told reporters at the Pentagon, in a hastily called press conference
to correct the record. An airstrike was then called to eliminate the Taliban
threat and several civilians were accidentally struck. This is different
from the initial reports, which indicated that U.S. forces were threatened
and that the airstrike was called on their behalf." Fox
News
Biden
Sounding More Like A Candidate To Friends
Vice President Joe Biden, who has been openly toying with the idea
of seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, is now privately leaving
the impression with some political allies that he is leaning toward running,
according to two senior Democrats who have spoken with him in recent days.
The vice president -- directly, no longer only through his advisers --
has sounded more like someone inclined to jump into the race to challenge
Hillary Clinton and the rest of the Democratic field. He has ramped up
his interest in the mechanics of the race, and has become more comfortable
with a candidacy, several people who have spoken to him say. CNN
The
Trump Swagger Is Seen, Not Always Loved, Worldwide
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is well-known in
this serene coastal section of Scotland, where shimmering golden sand dunes
meet the ice-blue North Sea and people play on his golf course. He's known
in the Himalayas, too, far from any sign with his name on it. And in the
Middle East, Africa and beyond.
His is clearly a recognized name worldwide, which is not to say it's
a beloved one. In Balmedie, the real estate mogul is both praised and blamed
for building a deluxe international golf course in a previously pristine
spot. Some believe he's delivered the jobs and benefits he promised; others
think American voters should beware a fast-talking scoundrel. Houston
Chronicle
VOA VIEW: The liberal media are going
at great lengths to taint Trump.
5
Things To Know About The Cheerios Recall
Have a box of Cheerios or Honey Nut Cheerios in your pantry? General
Mills is recalling nearly 2 million boxes of those cereals because some
products labeled "gluten-free" may contain wheat flour. Here's what you
need to know: 1. Which products are included? The recall covers 1.8 million
boxes of Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios produced at the company's Lodi,
California, plant, ABC News reports. The affected products include Honey
Nut Cheerios boxes with "better if used by" dates of July 12-25, 2016,
and Cheerios boxes with "better if used by" dates of July 14-17, 2016.
Look for the factory code "LD" at the end of those dates i.e., 17JUL2016LD.
2. Why are they being recalled? According to the Cheerios website, an incident
at the Lodi facility "allowed wheat flour to enter our gluten-free oat-based
system. As a result, original and Honey Nut Cheerios produced on several
dates may contain wheat and were wrongly labeled gluten-free." Those products
"could cause severe reactions or illness in people with wheat allergies,
celiac disease or gluten intolerance," the company said. Atlanta
Journal
Data
Transfer Pact Between U.S. And Europe Is Ruled Invalid
Europes highest court ruled on Tuesday that a widely used international
agreement for moving peoples digital data between the European Union and
the United States was invalid. The decision, by the European Court of Justice,
throws into doubt how seamlessly global technology giants the likes of
Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google can continue to collect, manage and
analyze online information from their millions of users in the 28-member
bloc. The court decreed that the data-transfer agreement was invalid as
of Tuesdays ruling. NY
Times
NATO
Chief: Russian Jets In Turkish Airspace No Accident
NATO's secretary-general has rejected Moscow's claim that its military
incursion into alliance airspace over Turkey wasn't intentional or important,
saying there were two separate incidents and "the violation lasted for
a long time." Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO chief, told a news conference
in Brussels on Tuesday the reported incidents were "very serious." Stoltenberg
added, "It doesn't look like an accident, and we've seen two of them over
the weekend." On Monday, NATO ambassadors met in special session and condemned
what they termed Russia's "irresponsible behavior." The ambassadors also
called on Russia to cease such practices. Charlotte
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Clinton
Unveils Gun Control Plan During Monday Campaign Stop
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Monday
that, if elected, she would use the power of her office to curb gun violence
if necessary. She called for expanding background checks and making it
easier to hold negligent manufacturers and dealers accountable. Clinton
spoke forcefully in favor of new gun control measures after a gunman killed
nine people and wounded another nine last week on the campus of Umpqua
Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. "How many people have to die before
we actually act, before we come together as a nation?" Clinton asked at
a community college in Manchester, New Hampshire, which she said was similar
to the Oregon campus. Reuters
Obama
Administration Moving To Create Two Marine Sanctuaries
President Barack Obama's administration will announce steps on Monday
to create marine sanctuaries in Maryland and Wisconsin and will take further
action to combat illegal fishing, the White House said. The proposed sites
- a 14-square-mile (36-square-km) section in the Mallows Bay-Potomac River
waters of Maryland, and an 875-square-mile (2,265-square-km) area of Wisconsin's
Lake Michigan, will be the first new National Marine Sanctuaries since
2000, the administration said. The proposals will be open for public comment
through Jan. 15, 2016. In a video address on Monday to the second "Our
Ocean" international conference in Chile, Obama plans to say that "he will
look for opportunities to protect even more of our waters in the months
ahead," the White House added. Reuters
ATM
Fees Hit New Record High Of $4.52
Average out-of-network ATM withdrawal fees hit a new high of $4.52,
according to the latest annual survey by Bankrate, up 21 percent over the
past five years. As banks have lost money in other areas, they've tried
to make up for it by raising fees. "The most important thing for consumers
to know is that all of these fees are completely avoidable," said Greg
McBride, CFA, Bankrate.com's chief financial analyst. "Shop around for
a bank or credit union that fits your lifestyle so that you can keep more
of your hard-earned cash." Large retail banks typically don't charge ATM
fees when their own customers use their own ATM's, but several banks repay
ATM fees or waive charges all-together. In particular, check out online
banks like Ally, HSBC Direct, or USAA. Other banks may require maintaining
minimum monthly activity. MSNBC
Clinton
Tries To Turn Tables On Congressional Republicans In New Ad
Hillary Rodham Clinton is trying to turn the tables on congressional
Republicans ahead of her testimony before a special House committee investigating
the Benghazi attacks, with a new television ad accusing Republicans of
using the tragedy for political gain. The cable television ad, set to begin
airing Tuesday on CNN and MSNBC, seeks to capitalize on a leading congressional
Republicans candid claim that the House Select Committee on Benghazi has
damaged Clintons standing in the 2016 presidential race. The Republicans
finally admit it, an announcer says, before the 30-second ad cuts to House
Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) discussing the committee as a
success story. Washington
Post
VOA VIEW: Hillary is twisting the facts
and truth, as usual.
Gov.
Brown Signs California Right-To-Die Measure
In a rare personal message, California's 77-year-old governor provided
insight into his deliberations before deciding to sign a bill allowing
terminally ill Californians to legally take their own lives, reflecting
on religion and self-determination as he weighed an emotionally fraught
choice. Gov. Jerry Brown, a lifelong Catholic and former Jesuit seminarian,
said he consulted a Catholic bishop, two of his own doctors and friends
"who take varied, contradictory and nuanced positions." "In the end, I
was left to reflect on what I would want in the face of my own death,"
wrote the Democratic governor, who has been treated for prostate cancer
and melanoma. "I do not know what I would do if I were dying in prolonged
and excruciating pain. I am certain, however, that it would be a comfort
to be able to consider the options afforded by this bill." Houston
Chronicle
Heat
Takes Toll On Prison Inmates
Theres no easy in hard time. Prison is supposed to be unpleasant and
uncomfortable, a deterrent for people who veer from the straight and narrow.
But when temperatures rise across San Diego County, as they have at record
highs this year, the heat climbs even higher inside the concrete cells
at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility. Its pretty bad, said
Nathaniel Regalado, who has about 20 months remaining on a 13-year sentence
for armed robbery. Every morning I have to wash my sheets. Im just covered
in sweat, every part of my body. Regalado, 33, is one of eight inmates
and employees to report in telephone interviews with U-T Watchdog what
they called extreme heat conditions inside cell blocks and other facilities
at the Otay Mesa prison. Most were reluctant to be quoted by name for fear
of retaliation from guards or supervisors. San
Diego Union
S.
Carolina Trying To Emerge From Never-Seen-Before Flooding That Has Left
12 Dead
Even South Carolina residents who had been through Hurricane Hugo a
quarter century ago said they have never seen anything like this, the deadly
torrents that have crumbled roads, submerged houses and cars and killed
at least 12 people. "They're saying it's a once-in-1,000-year rainstorm,
and I'm inclined to believe it," said Sean Brennan, a real estate broker
who had just checked on a colleague's house in the state's capital city
of Columbia. "It looked like a river ran through it," said Brennan.
Even though the house was built 4 feet above ground, the water had
come up nearly 2 feet into the garage, he said. The backyard was a lake.
Brennan
was one of the few residents driving around Columbia on Monday, navigating
detours among more than 550 roads and bridges that had been closed throughout
the state. He said he believed 60 percent to 70 percent of his town's residents
would recover quickly. But others would suffer much longer. Kansas
City Star
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Flight
Makes Emergency Landing In Syracuse After Pilot Dies On Board
An American Airlines passenger jet had to make an emergency landing
in Syracuse Monday after a pilot died aboard the aircraft, the airline
confirmed. The Airbus A320 was American Airlines flight 550, departing
from Phoenix en route to Boston with 147 passengers and five crewmembers
on board. An American Airlines spokesperson said the flight had to make
the emergency landing "early this morning due to pilot illness." "Unfortunately
our pilot passed away," the spokesperson said. "We are incredibly saddened
by this event and we are focused on caring for our pilots family and colleagues.
We are also taking care of our customers and we did send a replacement
crew to get them to Boston." MSNBC
Nasty
Air France Labor Dispute Drags In French Government
France's prime minister paid a hasty visit to the Air France headquarters
a day after two executives were sent fleeing from a meeting with union
activists, who singled them out and ripped off their suit jackets and shirts.
The Air France meeting Monday was intended to detail plans to cut 2,900
jobs and slash money-losing routes. The airline has not made a profit since
2008, although it has been steadily trimming losses in recent years, in
part by voluntary departures and vacancies. Mayhem broke out when executives
told staff that more cuts were needed. Prime Minister Manuel Valls, whose
top adviser is rumored to be leaving to become Air France personnel chief
in January, was shown on live television Tuesday meeting with the current
jobholder, who was among those attacked. Tampa
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Police
Brace For Copycat Acts In Wake Of Oregon Shooting
Law enforcement and school officials across the USA were bracing for
potential copycat incidents Monday in the wake of the Oregon school shooting
that left 10 dead and nine injured. Warnings issued in Philadelphia over
the weekend and a similar school plot foiled in California underscore a
common trend that often follows mass shootings: copycat gunmen replaying
the tragic event, researchers and law enforcement officials said. These
[perpetrators] are very aware of the mass shooters that went before them,
said Jim Davis, former head of the FBIs Denver office and Colorados public
safety chief from 2011 to 2014. They intend to be bigger than the previous
guy. Gunman Chris Mercer, 26, opened fire inside a classroom at Umpqua
Community College Thursday morning, killing eight students and their instructor
before committing suicide while exchanging gunfire with police at the scene.
USA
Today
Hillary
Rips Benghazi Probe, Says Its A Political Partisan Committee Of The
GOP
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday denounced
the Congress' Benghazi committee, seizing on controversial remarks by House
Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy that she said proved the panel was political
hit job aimed solely at her. Mrs. Clinton, who is scheduled to testify
before the committee later this month, stopped short of backing calls by
other top Democrats to shut down the committee, saying that is up to Congress.
Now that they have admitted that it is a political partisan committee
for the sole purpose of going after me, not trying to make our diplomats
who serve in dangerous areas safer, thats up to the Congress, Mrs. Clinton,
the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, said at a
forum in New Hampshire hosted by NBCs Today. Washington
Times
VOA VIEW: Hillary is exaggerated the facts,
as usual.
If
Elected, Rep. Kevin McCarthy Would Be Least Tenured House Speaker Of
Modern Era
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is considered by many to be a
likely choice when the vote for House Speaker takes place on Thursday.
But theres some historic baggage. Hes not exactly a senior lawmaker.
The 19 speakers elected since the turn of the 20th Century averaged nearly
24 years of service in the chamber before their first day as speaker
nearly three times that of McCarthy, says Eric Ostermeier, a political
professor with the University of Minnesota who tracks the trends of yore.
Washington
Times
Doctors
Anticipate Nasty Flu Season
It's officially flu season. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, flu activity is currently low across the United
States, but outbreaks can begin in October. The virus can hit kids particularly
hard: More than 20,000 children are hospitalized each year because of complications
from the flu. Last season, more than 140 deaths among children were attributed
to influenza. Dr. Robin Altman, chief of general pediatrics for Children's
& Women's Physicians of Westchester, suspects this may be another tough
battle with the virus. Altman is urging patients to get vaccinated now,
since it takes two weeks for the body to build up immunity. The flu vaccine
remains the best protection against the virus. USA
Today
Audit:
State Not Helping Homeowners Enough With Their Mortgages
A long-criticized billion dollar program meant to keep homeowners from
losing their homes is still being mismanaged in Florida, according to a
federal audit that will be released Tuesday. The Hardest Hit Fund was established
by Congress in 2010 to provide mortgage relief and other assistance to
struggling homeowners as part of a wider effort to bail out the nations
economy. The program is jointly managed in Florida by the U.S. Treasury
Department and the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, a state agency.
Florida was one of the states hit hardest by the foreclosure crisis. It
has received more than $1 billion of the $7.6 billion disbursed nationwide.
But Floridas performance has lagged well behind other states because of
a lack of federal oversight, according to an audit performed by the Special
Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, which serves as
a watchdog for the bailout. Miami
Herald
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Trump:
'I Hate The Way Our Country Is Spending My Money And Everybody Else's Money'
Republican tycoon Donald Trump says he fights "like hell" to pay as
little in taxes as possible. "I mean, I fight because that's a very big
expense," Trump told ABC's "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos. "And
one of the problems and one of the reasons I fight so hard is because I
hate the way our country is spending my money and everybody else's money."
Trump said "at some point," he'll release his tax returns: "But I pay as
little as possible, I'm very proud to tell you. And I will say this, if
this country were properly run, where the money wasn't in shambles, where
the deals that they make aren't the Iran deal, where we're giving Iran
$150 billion dollars and the deal is a disaster in every single possible
way, where everything we do is bad, including ObamaCare, which is, by the
way, the premiums are up 55 percent for some people. CNS
News
Joaquin
Veers Offshore, Leaving Major Hurricane Drought Record Intact At 3,633
Days
Hurricane Joaquin, which reached Category 4 over the Bahamas on Thursday
with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles per hour, was downgraded to Category
1 on Monday after failing to make landfall in the U.S., leaving intact
an historic record of 3,633 days without a major hurricane striking the
U.S. mainland. Hundreds of people had to be rescued after torrential rains
lashed the Carolinas and caused major flooding over the weekend, but a
forecaster for the National Weather Service in Columbia, S.C. told CNSNews.com
that a nearly stationary low pressure system was mostly responsible for
funneling up to 20 inches of precipitation generated by Joaquin into the
area as the hurricane veered offshore. CNS
News
Obama:
Trade Deal "Levels The Playing Field"
President Obama hailed a deal on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
Monday, saying it "levels the playing field" for U.S. farmers, ranchers
and manufacturers and achieve several other goals for the U.S. "When more
than 95 percent of our potential customers live outside our borders, we
can't let countries like China write the rules of the global economy. We
should write those rules, opening new markets to American products while
setting high standards for protecting workers and preserving our environment.
That's what the agreement reached today in Atlanta will do," the president
said in a statement. The 12 nations involved in the trade deal finished
their work Monday morning after a weekend of marathon negotiating sessions
in Atlanta. Congress has passed legislation called Trade Promotion Authority
that will allow them to give a thumbs up or thumbs down vote on the deal,
but not amend it in any way. CBS
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BP
To Pay More Than $20 Billion In Record Gulf Oil Spill Settlement
BP will pay the largest corporate settlement in U.S. history worth
$20.8 billion to resolve claims linked to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon
oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced
Monday. Payments will be spread out over 16 years. The deal settles claims
from five Gulf states: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
"BP is receiving the punishment it deserves," Lynch said, adding that the
settlement would help pay for damage to the environment and the local economy.
It ends five years of legal fighting over the nearly 134 million-gallon
oil spill, the worst offshore oil disaster in U.S. history. The spill followed
the April 2010 oil rig explosion that killed 11 workers. Among other requirements,
BP will be forced to pay $5.5 billion in Clean Water Act penalties and
nearly $5 billion to those Gulf states. Fox
News
Why
The House Speaker's Race Just Got Nasty
The race for Speaker could turn the House floor into complete chaos
later this month, prompting an ugly public fight and further roiling a
Republican Party struggling to present a governing vision for the country.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, announced a long-shot campaign for the post
on Sunday, asserting that more than 50 house Republicans won't back the
current frontrunner, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-California, to replace
retiring Speaker John Boehner later this month. McCarthy can't afford to
lose more than 29 Republicans; if he does, he won't get the 218 votes needed
on the House floor, giving Chaffetz an opening to position himself as a
unity candidate. If neither man surpasses 218 votes, it could throw the
full House into a state of deep uncertainty -- just as Congress has to
deal with major national issues, including the possibility of the first-ever
default on the national debt. CNN
Can
Surge Pricing Make Disney Parks Happier Places?
Walt Disney Co. (DIS) is wondering if a simple business trick can bring
back some of the magic to its theme parks: surge pricing. The company is
eyeing a pricing model based on demand at its U.S. theme parks, where busier
days would come with added ticket costs or more restrictions while slower
days would cost visitors less, according to The Wall Street Journal. Walt
Disney Co. didn't immediately return a request for comment. That might
bring back some of the joy to visitors at the theme parks including Disneyland,
which may not qualify as "the happiest place on Earth" on Saturdays, school
holidays, and other high-traffic days. Some of the biggest complaints about
Disneyland and Disney World are their long lines to get on rides and crowded
streets. CBS
U.S.
And 11 Pacific Rim Nations Reach Deal On Massive Trade Accord
After more than six years of stalled progress and political wrangling,
negotiators from the United States and 11 trading partners across the Pacific
Rim announced a deal Monday on a landmark trade accord linking 40 percent
of the global economy. The agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership clears
the way for what would be the world's largest regional trade pact. China,
which has the biggest economy in Asia, is conspicuously absent from the
accord. The pact phase out tariffs on thousands of goods and establish
uniform rules of commerce. Philadelphia
Inquirer
VOA VIEW: The US got the least out of
the deal.
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Obama
Weighs Troop Levels
President Obama is seriously weighing a plan to keep as many as 5,000
U.S. troops in Afghanistan beyond 2016, according to senior U.S. officials,
a further setback of his goal to end U.S. military involvement there before
he leaves office. The plan presented in August by Gen. Martin Dempsey,
then-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, would focus primarily on counterterrorism
operations against the Islamic State, al-Qaeda, and other direct threats
to the United States. Obama has made no final decision on the proposal,
which was developed before the Taliban captured Kunduz last month, the
first major Afghan city to fall to the Taliban since the war began in 2001.
Philadelphia
Inquirer
Scientists
Find Roadmap That May Lead To 'Exercise Pill'
New research reveals more than 1000 molecular changes in the body that
happen during exercise, which researchers at the University of Sydney believe
could help lead to an "exercise pill." Scientists said the research provides
a roadmap of the complex, cascading series of reactions to exercise in
human muscles. While previous work has shown a small number of changes
in the body, researchers said this is the first time they have deciphered
so much of the process. "Exercise is the most powerful therapy for many
human diseases, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and neurological
disorders," said Dr. David James, a professor at the University of Sydney,
in a press release. "However, for many people, exercise isn't a viable
treatment option. This means it is essential we find ways of developing
drugs that mimic the benefits of exercise." UPI
Russian
Volunteers Heading To Syria To Fight For Assad
Battle-hardened Russian volunteers who fought in their countrys
incursion into Ukraine will be heading to Syria to join the forces of President
Bashar al-Assad, a senior Russian official said Monday. It is likely that
groups of Russian volunteers will appear in the ranks of the Syrian army
as combat participants, Adm. Vladimir Komoyedov, head of the Russian parliaments
defense committee, told the Interfax-AVN news agency. The Kremlin had said
earlier that Russia had no plans to deploy ground troops in Syria and would
launch only airstrikes to support the Syrian army and fight ISIS militants.
But Komoyedov said the supposed volunteers would be paid in cash. NY
Post
VOA VIEW: Putin is kicking Obama where
the sun don't shine.
Hillary
Out To Prove Shes No Obama With Gun-Control Proposal
Her leading rival is Sen. Bernie Sanders, but Hillary Rodham Clinton
is increasingly running against the Obama administration as she tries to
draw distinctions with her former boss to cater to Democratic primary voters.
On Monday, Clinton announced a plan to take executive action to close the
gun-show loophole which Obama could also do, but hasnt. Im going
to try in every way, Clinton vowed in New Hampshire. I am going to get
those guns out of peoples hands. Later, White House press secretary Josh
Earnest said Obama was preparing his own high-priority executive actions.
NY
Post
Court
Orders EPA To Revise Ship Ballast Dumping Regulations
A federal appeals court has ordered the government to rewrite regulations
of ballast water discharges from ships, one of the leading culprits in
the spread of invasive species across U.S. waterways. The ruling Monday
by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals came in a lawsuit filed by environmental
groups against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The groups say
an EPA permit issued in 2013 isn't strong enough to prevent vessels from
introducing more harmful organisms such as zebra mussels, which have caused
heavy damage in the Great Lakes and spread as far as the West Coast. The
court says the EPA erred in numerous ways, including by adopting international
limits on live organisms in ballast water when technology was available
to require tougher standards. Las
Vegas Sun
Cop
Complains After Blacklivesmatter Put On Coffee Cup
The Providence police union is speaking out after an officer received
a cup of coffee with "blacklivesmatter" written on it. The Fraternal Order
of Police says the incident is "unacceptable and discouraging." The officer
told the union that he received a cup of coffee Friday at a Dunkin' Donuts
store with the slogan written on the cup. He says an employee was rude
to him. The slogan arose last year during protests nationwide over police
violence against civilians. Lt. Roger Aspinall, a union member, told WLNE-TV
the slogan is anti-police and the Black Lives Matter movement "condones
violence against police." The union says it believes that "all lives matter."
Las
Vegas Sun
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Carly
Fiorina Says Medieval History Degree Will Help Her Defeat ISIS
For over three decades, Carly Fiorinas bachelors degree from Stanford
University in medieval history and philosophy has had little real-world
application. But as she mounts a presidential bid, the Republican candidate
says her degree is finally of use as she considers how she would deal with
ISIS as commander-in-chief. Finally my degree in medieval history and
philosophy has come in handy, Fiorina said Sunday night, because what
ISIS wants to do is drive us back to the Middle Ages, literally. ABC
VW
Pollution Test Site Under Scrutiny Amid Cheating Scandal
When Volkswagen opened its gleaming pollution testing center near the
California coast, a top executive from the German automaker helped snip
the blue ribbon and joined a tour of a lab so advanced that VW would brag
the air inside was cleaner than in the surrounding strawberry fields. Three
years later, with VW admitting that it manipulated emissions results in
482,000 U.S. diesel vehicles to make them seem more environmentally friendly,
questions are swirling around Volkswagen's only test center in North America.
Was anyone at the facility complicit in the scheme? Or were VW's own testers
unaware of the deception like so many others? The center in Oxnard, about
60 miles northwest of Los Angeles, was built with the help of a $10 million,
tax-exempt public bond and opened in 2012. ABC
Stocks
Rise As Weak Dollar Lifts Commodities, Emerging Assets
U.S. stocks joined a rally in equities from Europe to emerging markets,
while a weakening dollar boosted commodities amid speculation the Federal
Reserve will keep interest rates lower for longer. Junk bonds surged. The
Standard & Poors 500 Index rose a fifth day in what would be its longest
rally of the year, while the Stoxx Europe 600 Index climbed the most since
August. Commodities including copper and oil advanced, pushing the Bloomberg
Commodity Index to the highest since Sept. 18. A gauge of the dollar dropped
a third day, while an exchange-traded fund that tracks high-yield corporate
bonds surged the most since August. Bloomberg
Pacific
Deal Rewrites Rules On Trade In Autos, Patented Drugs
The tentative agreement on trade negotiated by a dozen Pacific-rim
nations will slightly pry open Japans famously closed rice market, protect
brand-name drugs from generic competitors for at least five years and lower
tariffs on automobiles. The Trans-Pacific Partnership, as the pact is known,
will rewrite the rules of commerce among 12 nations that collectively produce
an estimated 40 percent of the worlds economic output. It still faces
hurdles, such as a vote in the U.S. Congress, but if ratified would have
a far-reaching impact on goods and services. Bloomberg
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Prosor
To UN: Urge Abbas To Stop Incitement
Israels ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor urged UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki Moon on Monday to put pressure on Palestinian leaders and let them
know that their words fan the flames of hatred before there are more israeli
victims. Just this week, Abbas told the General Assembly that he is working
to promote peace but families are being murdered on their way back from
holiday events, Prosor said. Is this the peace he is talking about?
Prosor asked. The Israeli Ambassador also added that Mahmoud Abbas statements
and his failure to condemn the recent murders of Israeli citizens put him
in line with the positions of radical groups such as Hamas and the Islamic
Jihad. Jerusalem
Post
Palestinian
Authority Does Not Want To Ignite Third Intifada
The announcement came as PA president calls for international protection
for the Palestinians before matters get out of control. Following the
upsurge in violence in east Jerusalem and the West Bank, the Palestinian
Authority announced on Sunday that it is not seeking to ignite a third
intifada against Israel. It also said that Hamas was behind the latest
escalation. The announcement came as PA President Mahmoud Abbas called
for international protection for the Palestinians before matters get out
of control. Abbass appeal came during a phone conversation with United
Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Sunday. A statement released by
Abbass office late Sunday stopped short of condemning or making any reference
to the recent terror attacks against Israelis in Jerusalem and the West
Bank. Jeruslaem
Post
Islamic
State 'Executes 70 Sunni Tribesmen In Iraq'
Seventy members of a Sunni Arab tribe opposed to Islamic State (IS)
have been killed by the jihadist group in western Iraq, a tribal elder
says. Sheikh Naeem al-Gaoud told the BBC that members of the Al Bu Nimr
tribe were shot dead in the village of Khanizir, in Anbar province, on
Sunday night. He said the tribesmen were killed because they had relatives
serving in the Iraqi security forces. The Al Bu Nimr have played an important
role in battling jihadists for years. In 2014, IS militants killed more
than 500 members of the tribe, but its leaders vowed to fight on. BBC
Edward Snowden Interview:
'Smartphones Can Be Taken Over'
Smartphone users can do "very little" to stop security services getting
"total control" over their devices, US whistleblower Edward Snowden has
said. The former intelligence contractor told the BBC's Panorama that UK
intelligence agency GCHQ had the power to hack into phones without their
owners' knowledge. Mr Snowden spoke to Panorama in Moscow, where he fled
in 2013 after leaking to the media details of extensive internet and phone
surveillance by his former employer, the US National Security Agency (NSA).
He did not suggest that either GCHQ or the NSA were interested in mass-monitoring
of citizens' private communications but said both agencies had invested
heavily in technology allowing them to hack smartphones. "They want to
own your phone instead of you," he said. BBC
Ben
Bernanke Says Wall Street Executives Should Have Gone To Jail
Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says some Wall Street
executives should have been jailed for their roles in the financial crisis
that gripped the country in 2008 and triggered the great recession. Billions
of dollars in fines have been levied against major banks and brokerage
firms as a result of the economic meltdown that was in large part triggered
by reckless lending and shady securities dealings that blew up a housing
bubble. But in an interview with USA Today published on Sunday, Bernanke
said in addition to the corporations, individuals should have been held
accountable. It would have been my preference to have more investigations
of individual actions because obviously everything that went wrong or was
illegal was done by some individual, not by an abstract firm, he said.
Guardian
Extreme
Poverty To Fall Below 10 Per Cent, Advancing Towards UN Goal By 2030
World Bank
The World Bank announced today that extreme poverty is likely to fall
to below 10 per cent this year, giving fresh evidence that a quarter-century-long
sustained reduction in poverty is moving the world closer to the historic
goal of ending poverty by 2030 echoing a top goal set by the newly-agreed
United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda. This is the best story
in the world today these projections show us that we are the first generation
in human history that can end extreme poverty, said Jim Yong Kim, World
Bank Group President. The World Bank explained that it uses an updated
international poverty line of $1.90 a day, which incorporates new information
on differences in the cost of living across countries and preserves the
real purchasing power of the previous line of $1.25 a day in 2005 prices
in the worlds poorest countries. UN
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UN
Panel Warns Against 'Designer Babies' And Eugenics In 'Editing' Of Human
DNA
Warning that rapid advances in genetics make designer babies an increasing
possibility, a United Nations panel today called for a moratorium on editing
the human genome, pending wider public debate lest changes in DNA be transmitted
to future generations or foster eugenics. While acknowledging the therapeutic
value of genetic interventions, the panel stressed that the process raises
serious concerns, especially if the editing of the human genome should
be applied to the germline, thereby introducing hereditary modifications.
Gene therapy could be a watershed in the history of medicine and genome
editing is unquestionably one of the most promising undertakings of science
for the sake of all humankind, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) said in a news release on a report by its International
Bioethics Committee (IBC). UN
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