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Jamal Khashoggi’s Washington Post Editor on Saudi Statement: “Utter Bullshit”

Slate 2018-10-20

photo: AP / Emrah Gurel

Jamal Khashoggi’s editor at the Washington Post has emerged as one of the strongest voices demanding to find out the truth about what happened to the journalist who was a columnist for the newspaper. Shortly after Saudi Arabia released a statement finally acknowledging that Khashoggi died inside the...

Mega Millions jackpot hits $1.6B, thanks to worsening odds

Atlanta Journal 2018-10-20

photo: AP / Nam Y. Huh

DES MOINES, IOWA — If it seems like lottery jackpots are getting larger and larger, it's because they are getting larger and larger. Tuesday night's Mega Millions estimated grand prize has hit a staggering $1.6 billion, continuing a trend of giant jackpots. It ties the largest...

British relatives of Nazi victims seeking German passport as Brexit looms

The Independent 2018-10-20

photo: Creative Commons / Ilovetheeu

Thousands of Germans who made Britain their home after the Second World War are applying for repatriation as the...

Macedonia Starts Name Change Procedure, Amid Praise

Balkan Insight 2018-10-20

photo: AP / Boris Grdanoski

Macedonia’s government will try to speed up the implementation of the historic ‘name’ agreement with Greece after parliament backed starting the procedure to change the country's name, with the opposition expelling its MPs who supported the deal. Sinisa Jakov Marusic BIRN Skopje...

At least 60 killed as train crashes into crowd in India

Belfast Telegraph 2018-10-20

photo: AP / Prabhjot Gill

A speeding train has crashed into a crowd watching fireworks during a religious festival in northern India, killing at least 60 people and injuring dozens more, police said. The train failed to stop after the accident on the outskirts of Amritsar, a city in Punjab state, said local politician Pratap...

Ethiopia's massive new dam threatens Egypt's River Nile

CNN 2018-10-20

photo: AP / Amr Nabil

(CNN)Look at Egypt on Google Earth and you will see a green line snaking through a sand-colored landscape, fanning out into a triangle in the north. This emerald ribbon is the vegetation that grows on either side of the Nile River and around its delta. It is Egypt's only fertile land -- and...

Saudi Arabia Confirms Khashoggi Was Killed in Instabul Consulate

Yahoo Daily News 2018-10-19

photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis

In a major development in the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia on Friday, 19 October, confirmed that Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this...

Bolsonaro's Son Banned From WhatsApp Amid Row Over Illegal Social Media Campaign

WorldNews.com 2018-10-19

photo: AP / Eraldo Peres

The politician son of the right-wing presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro was evicted from the popular messaging app WhatsApp after allegations his father used an illegal fake news campaign on the Facebook-owned app to spread misinformation before the upcoming runoff election, according to The...

Japan's Famous Cherry Blossoms Come Months Early After Bouts Of Severe Weather

WorldNews.com 2018-10-19

photo: Creative Commons / Bernard Gagnon

With more than 350 reports of premature blossoms being reported across the island nation of Japan, the famous "Sakura" season seems to have arrived several months early as fall morphs into spring stretching from the southwestern island of Kyushu all the way across the archipelago as far north as...

Spain Angers Franco Supporters After Announcing Officials Will Exhume His Remains

WorldNews.com 2018-10-19

photo: Public Domain / Joanbanjo

The Spanish government passed legislation which will allow officials to move the remains of the dictator Francisco Franco from his self-made memorial but many supporters are angry over the decision, according to National Public Radio. Franco is interred behind the main altar of the basilica in the...

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