Thursday, 30 November 2017

Review: ‘Shadowman’ Traces the Rise and Fall of an ’80s Artist


By GLENN KENNY from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2zAW7bA

Review: ‘Rosa Chumbe’ Offers Little Hope for Redemption


By MONICA CASTILLO from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2zBNdu5

Review: ‘The Dancer,’ a Glum Biopic for a Dynamic Innovator


By GLENN KENNY from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2ByjTWQ

Review: In ‘Sins of the Flesh,’ One Prison Replaces Another


By BEN KENIGSBERG from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2zQh0Ui

Review: In ‘Loveless,’ a Broken Family and a Lost Nation


By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2BoU2j9

Review: In ‘Love Beats Rhymes,’ a Hip-Hop Artist Transformed by Poetry


By GLENN KENNY from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2zAW4wq

Review: ‘Big Time,’ a Portrait of an Architect as Superstar


By ANDY WEBSTER from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2zAW1Rg

Review: In ‘32 Pills,’ a Filmmaker Investigates Her Sister’s Death


By BEN KENIGSBERG from NYT Movies http://ift.tt/2zAVZZE

Yemen war: Fighting breaks out among allied rebels

Supporters of the Houthi movement and ex-president Saleh clash in Sanaa, amid rising tensions.

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Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Matt Lauer issues statement after firing over sexual misconduct allegations

11/30/17 7:07 AM

North Korea: Russia accuses US of goading Kim Jong-un

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov rejects US calls to cut ties with the North over its weapons tests.

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U.N. tribunal seeks answers after stunned by courtroom suicide

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - A U.N. tribunal that was stunned by the courtroom suicide of a Bosnian Croat war criminal said on Thursday it was working with Dutch investigators to piece together how he smuggled a fatal dose of poison into the high-security building.


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New Zealand Examines Matt Lauer’s Ranch Purchase After His Firing


By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM from NYT Business Day http://ift.tt/2ArCrdO

Can the Singapore Model Save Zimbabwe?


By STEVE H. HANKE from NYT Opinion http://ift.tt/2zQdd9w

Libya migrants: Emergency evacuation operation agreed

Footage of migrants being sold as slaves in Libya prompts the European-African initiative.

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NATO mulls 'offensive defense' with cyber warfare rules

TARTU, Estonia (Reuters) - A group of NATO allies are considering a more muscular response to state-sponsored computer hackers that could involve using cyber attacks to bring down enemy networks, officials said.


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Republican Tax Overhaul Heads to the Senate Floor for Debate


By THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2j1NSyQ

Listen to ‘The Daily’: Trump, Taxes and Twitter


By MICHAEL BARBARO from NYT Podcasts http://ift.tt/2nglspf

For some Russian oligarchs, sanctions risk makes Putin awkward to know

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The threat of new U.S. sanctions has spread anxiety among Russia's wealthiest people that their association with President Vladimir Putin could land them on a U.S. government blacklist, members of the business elite say.


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Russia already preparing military withdrawal from Syria: agencies

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Security Council secretary Nikolai Patrushev said on Thursday Moscow was already preparing to withdraw its military contingent from Syria, Russian news agencies reported.


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Man fined for painting road signs to aid his commute

A Chinese man has been fined for repainting road signs to redirect traffic and make his commute faster.

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France finds traces of radioactive cesium in Russian mushrooms: ASN

PARIS (Reuters) - France has found traces of radioactive cesium on mushrooms imported from Russia, the head of French nuclear regulator ASN said on Thursday.


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Net migration falls by more than 100,000 after Brexit vote

Net migration was down by nearly a third to 230,000 in the year since the referendum, figures show.

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The 10 Best Books of 2017


By Unknown Author from NYT Books http://ift.tt/2j2tz4i

Ban on Teflon Chemical Tied to Fewer Low-Weight Babies


By NICHOLAS BAKALAR from NYT Well http://ift.tt/2Ai0Z8z

The #MeToo Moment


By JESSICA BENNETT from NYT U.S. http://ift.tt/2ngZwKW

The Case for Removing Extremist Videos From the Internet


By MARK WALLACE and FRANCES FRAGOS TOWNSEND from NYT Opinion http://ift.tt/2zAPCpc

New York Today: Holiday Cheer, Without the Crowds


By JONATHAN WOLFE from NYT N.Y. / Region http://ift.tt/2ngLHvY

At least 800 civilians killed by coalition strikes in Iraq, Syria: report

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 800 civilians have been killed in strikes in Iraq and Syria by the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State since the campaign began in 2014, according to a report released by the coalition on Thursday.


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Russian PM says U.S.-Russia ties at low ebb but Trump 'friendly'

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that U.S.-Russia ties were the worst he could recall, but that U.S. President Donald Trump struck him as a friendly person keen to establish positive working contacts with Russia.


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Pope arrives in Bangladesh in shadow of Rohingya crisis

DHAKA (Reuters) - Pope Francis landed in Bangladesh on Thursday after a diplomatically sensitive trip to mainly Buddhist Myanmar, where he made no direct reference to the plight of Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh in their hundreds of thousands.


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Online gambling spend nears £5bn

The Gambling Commission expects online bets to account for half of all spending "in the near future".

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Trump, Proxy of Racism


By CHARLES M. BLOW from NYT Opinion http://ift.tt/2Aqlh03