The Morning Vertical, September 23, 2016
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India: Crucial Water Treaty With Pakistan Needs Mutual Trust
With tensions between India and Pakistan running high over an attack on an Indian air base, New Delhi has alluded to the possibility of revisiting a crucial water agreement with…
continue readingReports Say Moscow Police Chief Yakunin Resigns
Media reports in Russia say Moscow police chief Anatoly Yakunin is resigning. …
continue readingFire At Moscow Warehouse Kills Eight Firefighters
Eight firefighters have lost their lives while extinguishing a conflagration at a warehouse in Moscow. …
continue readingEight Firefighters Die In Moscow Warehouse Blaze
Eight firefighters have been killed while responding to a massive blaze at a warehouse in the east of Moscow. Local media said they died when part of the roof collapsed…
continue readingObama to Veto September 11 Legislation
President Barack Obama will veto legislation Friday that would allow survivors and relatives of the nearly 3,000 people killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States…
continue readingThe Daily Vertical: From Trolling To Espionage (Transcript)
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continue readingSocial Entrepreneurs Say They Face Tough Hurdles But Making Headway
Greater support from the public, governments and investors is needed to boost the work of entrepreneurs using business for social good, said industry activists and organizers after a Thomson Reuters…
continue readingPresence Of Activists’ At OSCE Conference Sparks Protests
The presence of Kyrgyz and Tajik activists at an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) conference on human rights in Warsaw has sparked an official protest from Kyrgyzstan…
continue readingPutin Meets With Republika Srpska President In Moscow
Moscow with Milorad Dodik, the president of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s autonomous Republika Srpska (RS) region. …
continue readingNigeria Hunts Down 700,000 Firms in Tax Crackdown
Nigeria has hunted down 700,000 firms that have never paid taxes as the country seeks new revenue sources to offset low oil prices that have pushed Africa’s biggest economy into…
continue readingKyrgyz President Arrives In Moscow To Continue Medical Treatment
Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev’s office says the Central Asian leader has arrived in Moscow to continue his treatment for apparent problems with his heart. …
continue readingHard-headed: Prehistoric Texas Reptile Boasted Bony Domed Skull
In a warm, lush region of West Texas crisscrossed with rivers, a bizarre reptile roamed the Triassic Period landscape about 228 million years ago, boasting a bony domed head unlike…
continue readingNationalist, Anti-Immigrant Sentiments Raise Worries Among French Muslims
Nationalists in France are the latest group to get a boost from anti-immigrant sentiment seen rising across the Europe. VOA Europe Correspondent Luis Ramirez reports from the town of Chartres,…
continue readingUN Expert: Azerbaijan’s Civil Society Facing ‘Worst Situation’ In 25 Years
A United Nations human rights expert says that Azerbaijan’s civil society has been “paralyzed” by the government and, in the past two to three years, has faced “the worst situation”…
continue readingFewer Chileans Live in Poverty Despite Weak Economic Growth, Government Says
Fewer Chileans were living in poverty despite weak economic growth in the world’s leading copper producer, the government said Thursday, noting that 11.7 percent of the population was below the…
continue readingDay 3 Protests in Charlotte, North Carolina
Protesters gather and listen to speeches in Romare Bearden park in Charlotte, North Carolina. Demonstrators gathered for a third night in Charlotte, following the police shooting death on Tuesday of…
continue readingRockets From IS-held Areas in Syria Again Target Turkish Town
Despite a Turkish-led assault to uproot Islamic State fighters from northern Syria, rockets launched Thursday from remaining IS-held areas hit a Turkish border town, wounding at least eight people, including…
continue readingNative American Tribes Take Pipeline Fight to Capitol Hill
Native American tribes took their fight to Washington on Thursday to stop development of a $3.7 billion oil pipeline, as Democrats in Congress urged the federal government to scrap construction…
continue readingUS Toughens Stance on Haitians Seeking Entry from Brazil
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Thursday that it was widening efforts to deport Haitians, a response to thousands of immigrants from the Caribbean nation who have overwhelmed California…
continue readingDemocrats Say No to Republicans’ Stopgap Funding Bill in Senate
A behind-the-scenes congressional battle to avoid a U.S. government shutdown broke into public view Thursday when Republicans produced a stopgap funding bill that Democrats immediately rejected. The federal fiscal year…
continue readingOklahoma Officer Charged With Manslaughter in Unarmed Man’s Death
Prosecutors in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Thursday charged a police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man. Officer Betty Shelby was charged with first-degree manslaughter in the death…
continue readingWhat Does a State of Emergency Mean for Charlotte?
At 11:00 p.m. EDT (0300 GMT) on Wednesday, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency amid a second night of unrest following the fatal police shooting of…
continue readingU.S., Russia Fail To Reach Syria Agreement Amid Fresh Aleppo Offensive
Russia and the United States failed to reach an agreement on the Syria crisis at a high-level meeting in New York on September 22, with U.S. Secretary of State John…
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