NEWS 10/28/2018
Prince Harry and Meghan welcomed to New Zealand for final leg of Pacific tour
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Britain’s Prince Harry and wife Meghan were treated to a ceremonial welcome in New Zealand on Sunday where they arrived for the final leg of their Pacific tour, their first international royal tour since marrying in May.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-newzealand/prince-harry-and-meghan-welcomed-to-new-zealand-for-final-leg-of-pacific-tour-idUSKCN1N201B
NEWS 10/28/2018
Czechs celebrate centenary with largest military parade since communist era
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic marked 100 years since the creation of Czechoslovakia on Sunday with the biggest military parade in its post-communist history, highlighting a weekend of celebrations.
More than 4,000 military personnel took part in the event, which saw tanks and artillery roll down Evropska (European) Street, one of Prague’s main boulevards that once bore the name of Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Communist regime in Russia.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-czech-anniversary/czechs-celebrate-centenary-with-largest-military-parade-since-communist-era-idUSKCN1N20IX
NEWS 10/28/2018
With border open, Jordanians visit Syria for first time in years
DAMASCUS/JABER, Jordan (Reuters) - Jordanians are flocking to the Syrian capital Damascus for the first time in years for tourism and trade after the reopening of a border crossing that had been closed through years of war.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-jordan/with-border-open-jordanians-visit-syria-for-first-time-in-years-idUSKCN1N20IR
NEWS 10/28/2018
Syria's national museum reopens doors in war-scarred Damascus
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syria’s National Museum of Damascus opened its rich trove of antiquities to visitors again on Sunday, seven years after war forced them to close and months after the government recaptured all rebel areas near the capital.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-museum/syrias-national-museum-reopens-doors-in-war-scarred-damascus-idUSKCN1N20HB
NEWS
Brazil's right-wing Bolsonaro poised to win presidency as voting begins
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilians began voting on Sunday in the most polarized election in decades as anger over corruption and crime were expected to carry Jair Bolsonaro to the presidency, marking a dramatic swing to the right in the world’s fourth-largest democracy.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-election/brazils-right-wing-bolsonaro-poised-to-win-presidency-as-voting-begins-idUSKCN1N203K
NEWS 10/28/2018
Iran's Khamenei calls for fight against enemy 'infiltration
(Reuters) - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Sunday for the stepping up of efforts to fight enemy “infiltration” in a speech to officials in charge of cyber defense, state television reported.
“In the face of the enemy’s complex practices, our civil defense should … confront infiltration through scientific, accurate, and up-to-date … action,” Ayatollah Khamenei told civil defense officials, who are in charge of areas including cyber defense.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-khamenei/irans-khamenei-calls-for-fight-against-enemy-infiltration-idUSKCN1N20CN
NEWS 10/28/2018
Merkel's government braces for high-stakes state election
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling coalition faces its second test in as many weeks on Sunday as voters go to the polls in the western state of Hesse for a regional election that could torpedo the national government
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-politics-hesse/merkels-government-braces-for-high-stakes-state-election-idUSKCN1N10V6
NEWS 10/28/2018 12:22pm
New U.S.-bound group of migrants leaves in San Salvador
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - A new group of migrants gathered and left from the capital of El Salvador on Sunday, headed for the United States after thousands of other Central Americans began similar journeys in recent weeks, angering U.S. President Donald Trump.
The group of more than 300 Salvadorans that left San Salvador on Sunday came together after thousands of Hondurans in mid-October left their country in a large group, becoming an international news story and a key issue in the U.S. congressional elections.
A second group of Hondurans was moving through Guatemala last week, and at one point numbered more than 1,000 people before beginning to fragment.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-caravan/new-u-s-bound-group-of-migrants-leaves-in-san-salvador-idUSKCN1N20JN
>NEWS 10/28/2018 12:22pm
>New U.S.-bound group of migrants leaves in San Salvador
>SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - A new group of migrants gathered and left from the capital of El Salvador on Sunday, headed for the United States after thousands of other Central Americans began similar journeys in recent weeks, angering U.S. President Donald Trump.
>The group of more than 300 Salvadorans that left San Salvador on Sunday came together after thousands of Hondurans in mid-October left their country in a large group, becoming an international news story and a key issue in the U.S. congressional elections.
>A second group of Hondurans was moving through Guatemala last week, and at one point numbered more than 1,000 people before beginning to fragment.
>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-caravan/new-u-s-bound-group-of-migrants-leaves-in-san-salvador-idUSKCN1N20JN
>NEWS 10/28/2018
>Merkel's government braces for high-stakes state election
>BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling coalition faces its second test in as many weeks on Sunday as voters go to the polls in the western state of Hesse for a regional election that could torpedo the national government
>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-politics-hesse/merkels-government-braces-for-high-stakes-state-election-idUSKCN1N10V6
>NEWS 10/28/2018
>Iran's Khamenei calls for fight against enemy 'infiltration
>(Reuters) - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Sunday for the stepping up of efforts to fight enemy “infiltration” in a speech to officials in charge of cyber defense, state television reported.
>“In the face of the enemy’s complex practices, our civil defense should … confront infiltration through scientific, accurate, and up-to-date … action,” Ayatollah Khamenei told civil defense officials, who are in charge of areas including cyber defense.
>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-khamenei/irans-khamenei-calls-for-fight-against-enemy-infiltration-idUSKCN1N20CN
>NEWS
>Brazil's right-wing Bolsonaro poised to win presidency as voting begins
>BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilians began voting on Sunday in the most polarized election in decades as anger over corruption and crime were expected to carry Jair Bolsonaro to the presidency, marking a dramatic swing to the right in the world’s fourth-largest democracy.
>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-election/brazils-right-wing-bolsonaro-poised-to-win-presidency-as-voting-begins-idUSKCN1N203K
NEWS 10/28/2018
Czechs celebrate centenary with largest military parade since communist era
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic marked 100 years since the creation of Czechoslovakia on Sunday with the biggest military parade in its post-communist history, highlighting a weekend of celebrations.
More than 4,000 military personnel took part in the event, which saw tanks and artillery roll down Evropska (European) Street, one of Prague’s main boulevards that once bore the name of Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Communist regime in Russia.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-czech-anniversary/czechs-celebrate-centenary-with-largest-military-parade-since-communist-era-idUSKCN1N20IX