Africa:Millions of Disaster Victims Left Hidden in the Shadows, Says IFRC

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] London -The United Nations estimates some 134 million people will require aid in 2018, but many will not receive help

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Africa:How We Invest In - and Achieve - Health for Africa

[allAfrica] Abuja -Now is the time for African women to stand up for ourselves and nurture leadership among others. We have been fantastic in many areas essential to progress at the family and community level. Now it is time for us to be role models and to show that we can contribute our quota in every area of social and economic development and to make our voices count on the global stage.

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West Africa:Stopping the Spread of Terror Onto West Africa's Coast

[ISS] A rising number of attacks by gunmen this year have shaken the eastern part of Burkina Faso, increasing insecurity in the area. Although no group has claimed responsibility, the attackers are believed to be linked to violent extremist groups in the Sahel.

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Africa:Fungi Research Lifts Lid On Shy Organisms That Break Down Plastic

[UNEP] Could fungi help us deal with our plastic addiction? Scientists at London's Kew Botanical Gardens think so. The first ever State of the World's Fungi, produced by Kew Gardens and a team of around 100 scientists from 18 countries, reports that fungi successfully degrades polyurethane in a matter of weeks.

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Africa:Uber and Suzuki to Expand Presence of Uber CHAP CHAP Across Africa

[Capital FM] Nairobi -Uber and Suzuki Motors have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand presence of Uber CHAP CHAP across the continent.

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Africa:NEPAD - Odinga's Political Support Key for Africa's Integration

[Nation] The African Union's key programme implementing agency has said the appointment of Opposition leader Raila Odinga as special envoy for infrastructure could help speed up integration.

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Africa:African Union Makes Moves to Neutralise Africa's Main Human Rights Body

[IPS] Johannesburg -For many African activists based on the continent, getting to a major human rights summit just underway in The Gambia is likely to have been a challenging exercise. The journey by air from many African countries to the capital, Banjul, for the 63rd Session of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR), could have been prohibitively expensive, involved transiting through multiple cities and taken days.

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Africa:Ethiopia's Changing Fortunes - a Precursor to African Renaissance 2.0?

[Daily Maverick] Ethiopia has been in the news lately - but for all the good reasons.

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Africa:China's Belt and Road Initiative Gets Massive Boost

[Daily News] CHINA's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) execution has gained new impetus following enhanced role of Business and Innovation Centre for China-Europe Cooperation (CCEC) in the world's connectivity through transaction of technologies.

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Africa:Humanitarian Groups Seek Ways to Reduce Attacks on Aid Workers

[VOA] In Nigeria, Boko Haram militants recently abducted and killed two aid workers. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, civilians threw stones at Ebola health workers, a day after rebels shot and killed two medics with the Congolese army.

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Africa:African Filmmaker Tells Tales of South African Migrants

[VOA] In his latest film "Vaya," Nigerian-born director Akin Omotoso explores the themes of migration and coming of age.

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‘Wildlife’ | Anatomy of a Scene

By MEKADO MURPHY from NYT Movies https://www.nytimes.com/video/movies/100000006192778/wildlife-scene-paul-dano-carey-mulligan.html?partner=IFTTT
Paul Dano narrates a sequence from his film, featuring Carey Mulligan and Ed Oxenbould.

Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly on ‘Holmes & Watson’ and ‘Step Brothers’

By ANDREW R. CHOW from NYT Movies https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/movies/will-ferrell-john-c-reilly-holmes-watson.html?partner=IFTTT
The two talk about the best day they ever spent together, playing Holmes and Watson, and whether they’d do a sequel with Brennan and Dale.

Watch: Paul Dano Narrates a Carey Mulligan Scene From ‘Wildlife’

By MEKADO MURPHY from NYT Movies https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/movies/wildlife-carey-mulligan-paul-dano.html?partner=IFTTT
The actor-turned-director discusses a sequence in which a mother and son make an unconventional visit to the mountains.

Review: ‘They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead’ Documents Orson Welles’s Last Film

By MANOHLA DARGIS from NYT Movies https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/movies/theyll-love-me-when-im-dead-review-documentary.html?partner=IFTTT
Morgan Neville’s movie tells the tumultuous behind-the-scenes story of the making and near-unmaking of “The Other Side of the Wind.”

Review: In ‘The Price of Free,’ Saving Children Who Are Factory Slaves

By BEN KENIGSBERG from NYT Movies https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/movies/the-price-of-free-review-documentary.html?partner=IFTTT
Kailash Satyarthi, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, does inspiring work. But this subject makes for a routine awareness documentary.

Review: ‘The Other Side of the Wind’ Is Orson Welles’s Haunted Hall of Mirrors

By MANOHLA DARGIS from NYT Movies https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/movies/the-other-side-of-the-wind-review-orson-welles.html?partner=IFTTT
Welles’s last project is something of a seductive tease, a film that at times entrances and delights and at times offends and embarrasses.

Review: In ‘The Grief of Others,’ Mourning Becomes Eclectic

By BILGE EBIRI from NYT Movies https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/movies/the-grief-of-others-review.html?partner=IFTTT
Patrick Wang’s film, getting a long-overdue theatrical release, looks at a troubled family’s inability to mourn.

Review: ‘Searching for Ingmar Bergman,’ a Misunderstood Artist

By GLENN KENNY from NYT Movies https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/movies/searching-for-ingmar-bergman-review.html?partner=IFTTT
A new documentary featuring interviews with collaborators and critics makes clear that Bergman, for all his depth, was also an entertainer.

Review: Demystifying a Diva in ‘Maria by Callas’

By BEN KENIGSBERG from NYT Movies https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/movies/maria-by-callas-review.html?partner=IFTTT
The film proposes a corrective to the notion that Callas was a diva both onstage and off.

Review: ‘Marfa Girl 2,’ Larry Clark’s Sequel to One of His Least-Known Films

By BILGE EBIRI from NYT Movies https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/movies/marfa-girl-2-review.html?partner=IFTTT
The film proves that Clark still loves skaters, sex, and sad youth.

3 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend

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Our guide to film series and special screenings.

Review: A ‘Distant Constellation’ Where Little Is Illuminated

By BEN KENIGSBERG from NYT Movies https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/movies/distant-constellation-review-documentary.html?partner=IFTTT
Shevaun Mizrahi’s unadorned documentary about Turkish history and identity is too diffuse and withholding to add up to a cogent result.

Review: In ‘Daughters of the Sexual Revolution,’ Pompoms and Patriotism

By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS from NYT Movies https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/movies/daughters-of-the-sexual-revolution-the-untold-story-of-the-dallas-cowboys-cheerleaders-review.html?partner=IFTTT
This gabby, gossipy documentary about the rise of the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders teeters entertainingly between liberation and exploitation.

Review: ‘Bodied,’ a Shockingly Funny Battle Rap Satire

By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS from NYT Movies https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/movies/bodied-review.html?partner=IFTTT
Joseph Kahn’s outrageously smart film uses the battle rap scene to grab P.C. culture by the neck and squeeze.

Review: Marie Colvin Fights ‘A Private War’

By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS from NYT Movies https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/movies/a-private-war-review.html?partner=IFTTT
Rosamund Pike’s powerhouse lead performance anchors Matthew Heineman’s raw, moving portrait of the war correspondent.

Review: ‘9 Fingers,’ a Gangster Tale, Is Missing More Than a Digit

By GLENN KENNY from NYT Movies https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/movies/9-fingers-review.html?partner=IFTTT
This new film by F.J. Ossang is a noir pastiche that aspires to a dreamlike state, but doesn’t quite deliver.

Christian Leaders Meet with Saudi Crown Prince in Historic Step

Now might not be the best time to visit Saudi Arabia, but a delegation of US evangelical leaders felt it was a risk worth taking.

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5 Taliban Freed by Obama for Army Deserter Bergdahl Are Back Fighting US Again

Five members of the Afghan Taliban who were freed from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in exchange for captured American Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl have joined the terrorist group's political office in Qatar.

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On the search for $49 glasses: Investec launches $70 million fund for emerging businesses

Investment bank Investec launched a $70 million fund to invest in emerging and high growth companies on Thursday.

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You’ve become rich. That doesn’t mean you’re great at everything.

Few beliefs play to human hubris more than the belief in the universality of talent — a belief that successful people have the "it" that lets them do great things in every walk of life.

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The power of the network: Facebook is turning into an Apple lookalike

It's no accident that on this week's earnings call, Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg named an Apple service as Facebook's main competitor.

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Australian dollar lifts on bumper trade surplus

The Australian dollar edged higher after the country's trade surplus swelled to a near two-year peak in September helped by a bumper run in resource exports.

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Thanks to honest nephew who returned her ticket, woman wins $414,000 lottery jackpot

A woman bagged the $300,000 (S$414,000) jackpot in the local lottery in Michigan, United States, thanks to her honest nephew who returned to her the winning ticket.

The winner, who was not named, told Michigan lottery officials that she bought the ticket when she visited her family elsewhere in the state.

When she got home, she got a message from her nephew saying that she left behind some tickets at his home. She then called him to scratch the tickets for her.

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Thailand ministry wants marijuana legalised by next month

The Public Health Ministry is working to make the medical use of marijuana legal by next month.

Once Public Health Minister Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn endorses the new announcement prepared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on November 9, cannabis extracts and oil will become legal for medical use, just like morphine.

"We will ask him to sign the announcement at the upcoming Narcotics Control Board's meeting," FDA secretary-general Tares Krassanairawiwong said yesterday.

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Cheap tickets, multiple destinations make Lion Air a favourite

With its cheap airfares, high frequency of flights and large number of destinations served, Lion Air has become the go-to airline for travellers in a hurry, despite the budget airline's spotty safety record.

And even after one of its aircraft plunged into the Java Sea on Monday, killing 189 people on board, travellers continue to stick with the budget carrier.

Luthfinnisa Sony Putri, who now lives in Yogyakarta, said she would stick with her plan of booking a Lion Air flight for her Idul Fitri holiday trip to South Solok regency in West Sumatra.

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Lion Air founder Rusdi Kirana apologizes to families of JT610 crash victims

Lion Air Group founder Rusdi Kirana has apologised to the families of passengers and crew aboard Lion Air flight JT610, which crashed into the Java Sea, saying that he was "deeply shocked" by the tragedy.

Rusdi, who is the current Indonesian ambassador to Malaysia, visited the families of victims at Ibis Cawang Hotel in East Jakarta on Tuesday, a day after the plane went down en route from Jakarta to Pangkalpinang in Bangka Belitung Islands on Monday morning.

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India court sentences 16 policemen to life for killing 42 Muslims in 'Hashimpura massacre'

NEW DELHI - An Indian court on Wednesday (Oct 31) sentenced 16 police officers to life imprisonment for rounding up and massacring dozens of unarmed Muslims during historic riots in the country's north decades ago.

The officers were found guilty of shooting 42 men and tossing their bodies into canals, in one of the bloodiest moments of violent clashes between Muslims and Hindus in 1987.

A lower court had acquitted the officers from a special branch of Uttar Pradesh's police force in 2015 over a lack of evidence.

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South Korean court allows conscientious objection to military service

SEOUL - South Korea's supreme court ruled on Thursday (Nov 1) that moral and religious beliefs are valid reasons to refuse the country's military service, in a case that has implications for hundreds of conscientious objectors.

"Conscientious objection is a valid reason" to refuse conscription, the court said in its ruling, Yonhap news agency reported.

Thursday's decision comes after the Constitutional Court's ruling in June that recognised for the first time the need for alternative service for conscientious objectors.

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Lion Air crash: Indonesia official says 'ping' getting clearer in hunt for jet's black box

JAKARTA - A "ping" sound believed to be emitted by the black box of an Indonesian jet that crashed into the sea this week with 189 aboard is getting clearer, the deputy of a national transport safety committee said on Thursday (Nov 1).

Ground staff lost touch with flight JT610 of budget airline Lion Air 13 minutes after the Boeing 737 MAX 8 took off early on Monday from Jakarta, on its way to the tin-mining town of Pangkal Pinang. There were no survivors.

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'I don't know what to tell my children,' says wife of JT610 passenger

“How can a mother explain to her two young children that their father will never come home again?”

So said Helda Aprilia, 31, the wife of Ibnu Hantoro, a 33-year-old doctor who was among the 189 people on board Lion Air flight JT610 that crashed into the Java Sea on Monday morning. Their children are 4-year-old Farisa and 1-year-old Fatih

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Indian cop who brought her baby to work at police station gets transfer

A policewoman who was photographed working in her station with her infant child sleeping on a table nearby has been allowed a transfer back to her parents' hometown, Malaysia Nanban reported.

Archana Jeyanth, 30, works in Uttar Pradesh, India, away from her parents and her husband in Agra.

When Archana could not find a babysitter a few days ago, she decided to bring the baby to the police station.

Images of the mother and baby went viral subsequently.

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Man in Thailand arrested for offering sex with dogs

BANGKOK - A Chiang Mai man was arrested yesterday for offering sex services by his dogs to his clients.

Damrongpol Sanmuang, 52, was arrested at his house in Chiang Mai's Sarapee district on Wednesday afternoon, a day after Watchdog Thailand and livestock development officials filed a complaint against him with the district police station.

Daromgpol denied the charges but officials alleged that Damrongpol had sex with dogs and shot a video clip to post online to offer sex service with dogs with a fee.

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Muslim, Christian comedians get death threats over video about cooking pork

Comedians Tretan Muslim and Coki Pardede have claimed to have received several death threats after uploading a video on the popular video sharing platform Youtube in which they cooked a pork dish.

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Indonesian police identify first Lion Air crash victim

JAKARTA - Police have identified the first victim of Monday's Lion Air crash: 24-year-old Jannatun Cintya Dewi, an Indonesian civil servant who was headed to Pangkal Pinang for work.

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Vietnam cyber law will guard against fake news, terrorism: security ministry

HANOI - A Vietnamese cybersecurity law that global technology companies and rights groups have warned could undermine development and stifle innovation, will protect the country from increasing cyber threats, the security ministry has said.

Legislators approved the law in June, overriding strong objections from companies like Facebook and Alphabet Inc's Google, rights groups and Western governments including the United States.

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Thailand blazes ahead with push to legalise medical marijuana use

Thailand is rolling out plans to legalise medical marijuana, an official told AFP Wednesday, as the country hopes to cash in on a multi-billion dollar industry with a product its supporters hail as some of the world's best.

Several nations have embraced the use of medicinal cannabis, including Canada, Australia, Israel, and more than half the states in the US.

But Thailand would be the first country in Asia to do so, tapping into a market that US-based Grand View Research has estimated could reach US$55.8 billion by 2025.

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Shibuya Halloween street party turns ugly with arrests for groping, upskirt photography

Shibuya's famed Halloween party got a little out of hand when revelers toppled a truck over and damaged it.

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Indonesia reportedly removes Lion Air director, dismisses technicians over plane crash

JAKARTA - Indonesia's Transport Minister removed on Wednesday (Oct 31) the technical director of Lion Air airlines and several of its technicians after the crash of one of its jets with 189 people on board, the Antara news agency reported.

"Today we will replace Lion's technical director with somebody else, along with engineers being in charge of and recommending the flight," Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said, according to Detik news.

It was not clear whether the removal was permanent or temporary.

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India unveils world's biggest statue in Modi's home state of Gujarat

SARDAR SAROVAR DAM, India - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (Oct 31) unveiled the world's biggest statue to mark the 143rd birth anniversary of Indian independence hero Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

"This is a project that we had thought about during the time I was the Chief Minister of Gujarat," Mr Modi said at the launch ceremony at the foot of the 182m-tall statue.

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