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Good Morning, it’s Saturday, 23 September and this is the Morning edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed.
The situation between North Korea and the United States is not improving, as the war of words, taunts, and threats continues to escalate. There is hope that a new series of sanctions initiated by the United States will create enough of an economic disruption to bring North Korea back to the bargaining table. However–as one diplomat pointed out very precisely–who wants to negotiate an agreement with the U.S. if the U.S. is going to back out of it as it is threatening to do with Iran. Good point.
Uber, the ride-sharing service that has enjoyed a rather spectacular rise, has lost its’ license to operate in London. This is yet another dent in the reputation of a company that created an entirely new category of business operations.
Facebook is the under the light of investigational scrutiny for their roll in the Russian hacking/meddling scandal. CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a video in which he said that Facebook would address the problem by adding more people to vet the adds and the ad sources. The company was slow to react to initial criticisms; now it’s up to them to achieve a higher standard of appropriate resolution for the problem.
Today is National Great American Pot Pie Day. One of the world’s great meals and so easy to make. Heat up the oven. It’s also National Restless Leg Day, so pay respects to those you know who are always jiggling their legs.
Two big college football games today: USC and Cal (both 3-0) and Mississippi State and Georgia (both 3-0). It’s now really fall and college football is starting to hit its’ stride.
Also, we added the CNN “text news” site, which is much faster than their full multi-media site. It’s also below at the end of the links.
Stay safe, stay dry, and help one other person today.
The International Headlines are all at your fingertips, below.
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Weather Channel
CNN News Text Site
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