WORLD NEWS - Last Generation Network News - WEDNESDAY, MAY 3rd 2017

WORLD NEWS - Last Generation Network News - WEDNESDAY,  MAY 3rd 2017

South Korea's likely next president asks the US to respect its democracy

Washington Post - ‎12 hours ago‎
SEONGNAM, South Korea - South Korea is on the brink of electing a liberal president with distinctly different ideas than the Trump administration on how to deal with North Korea - potentially complicating efforts to punish Kim Jong Un's regime.

Comey Is Expected to Face Tough Questioning at Senate Hearing

New York Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, last month in Washington. He will be questioned Wednesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Credit Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters.. WASHINGTON - The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, is expected to be grilled ...

Abbas pitching himself to Trump as 'strategic partner' for peace

CNN - ‎1 hour ago‎
Washington (CNN) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas arrives at the White House Wednesday with one sales objective in mind: to present himself and his government as a "strategic partner" for peace with the United States.

France's critical election happens in June, not on Sunday

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
The second round of France's presidential election, on Sunday, is commanding worldwide attention. The contest pitting Emmanuel Macron's globalist cosmopolitanism against Marine Le Pen's France-first nationalism is important, to be sure.

North Korea accuses detained US man of trying to overthrow government

CNN - ‎23 minutes ago‎
(CNN) North Korea has accused an American detained since April of attempting to overthrow the government. The state-run Korean Central News Agency said Wednesday that Tony Kim -- also known as Kim Sang Duk -- was detained for "hostile acts" toward ...

Brexit: UK and EU at odds over size of 'divorce bill'

BBC News - ‎1 hour ago‎
The UK won't pay a 100bn-euro (£84bn) "divorce bill" to leave the EU, Brexit Secretary David Davis has said, as the two sides clashed over the issue.

Suicide Bombing of US Military Convoy in Kabul Kills 8 Afghans

New York Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
The site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday. The target was a convoy of American soldiers, officials said. Credit Omar Sobhani/Reuters.

Rogue FBI translator, Clemson grad married ISIS terrorist

WSOC Charlotte - ‎2 hours ago‎
An FBI translator with a top-secret security clearance traveled to Syria in 2014 and married a key ISIS operative she had been assigned to investigate, CNN has learned.

A Guide To Ivanka Trump's Manual For 'Women Who Work'

NPR - ‎2 hours ago‎
Ivanka Trump's Women Who Work is the latest entry in the crowded "having-it-all" genre - the ocean of books aimed at helping women navigate their careers.

Hypnosis and holy water: Russian 'cures' for gay people

BBC News - ‎12 hours ago‎
Controversial "treatments" by psychotherapists and preachers are being offered to gay people in Russia. BBC Russian heard accounts of so-called cures, after it emerged that gay men were being persecuted in Chechnya, a mainly Muslim republic in southern ...

Exclusive: US senators seek sanctions, other ways to address Venezuela crisis

Reuters - ‎25 minutes ago‎
Demonstrators run as they clash with police during a rally against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela.

Obama's Wall Street payday triggers Dem angst

The Hill - ‎1 hour ago‎
Former President Barack Obama · Barack ObamaTHE MEMO: Trump seeks to wipe away the Obama brand Obama's Wall Street payday triggers Dem angst Ex-DNC chair: Obama's 0K speaking fee 'none of your business' MORE's speaking fees have ...

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