SCBV: November 2017

Thursday, 30 November 2017

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

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

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

Yemen war: Fighting breaks out among allied rebels

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

from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2AgH75F

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.

from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2zAEqZF

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.

from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2iro42g

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

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

Boat crash widow has £30,000 prosthetic legs stolen

Victoria Milligan, 45, lost her left leg in a speedboat crash that killed her husband and daughter.

from BBC News - Home http://ift.tt/2ipcAwa

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.

from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2AqHXgx

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.

from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2BzHSVy

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.

from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2AoSusO

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.

from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2iqt6f9

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

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.

from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2j37FOw

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.

from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2BlcJV9

Online gambling spend nears £5bn

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

from BBC News - Business http://ift.tt/2i2QuLS

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.

from BBC News - Business http://ift.tt/2j3gBU6

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.

from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2As6emN

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.

from Reuters: World News http://ift.tt/2i1Yugn

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.