Fighting in Ethiopia raises fears of wider war, from Horn of Africa to Red Sea – The Washington Post

  1. Fighting in Ethiopia raises fears of wider war, from Horn of Africa to Red Sea  The Washington Post
  2. Ethiopian rebel forces withdraw from Tigray regional capital  BBC
  3. Government forces seize capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region from rebels  Reuters
  4. Ethiopia’s government retakes Mekelle after opposition fighters withdraw from Tigray capital  AP News
  5. Analysing Africa newsletter: The war everyone saw coming  The Economist
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Trump appears to share personal phone number of US senator in ploy to push permanent daylight savings

US president urges Americans to call Tom Cotton to support bill to make daylight saving time permanent

Donald Trump on Saturday put pressure on the US senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas to support a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, urging Americans to call what appeared to be the personal cellphone number of his fellow Republican and the chair of the Senate intelligence committee.

The Sunshine Protection Act passed the House in July, but it faces roadblocks in the Senate, where some Republicans are strongly opposed to it. Proponents, including the president and his administration, argue that the change would provide more daylight during the times that Americans are most active. Detractors said permanent daylight saving time would lead to darker and potentially more hazardous winter mornings when children will be waiting for school buses and parents will be driving to work in darkness.

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Paw patrol: Mexico debuts tiniest national guard recruit – The Guardian

  1. Paw patrol: Mexico debuts tiniest national guard recruit  The Guardian
  2. Mexico's National Guard debuts tiny Chihuahua recruit  Yahoo
  3. Meet Comando the Chihuahua, the Mexican National Guard’s Tiny New Recruit  People.com
  4. 8-Inch-Tall Chihuahua Joins Mexico's National Guard and Immediately Understands the Assignment  ParadePets
  5. 'Comando' Chihuahua: meet the tiniest member of Mexico's National Guard  Yahoo
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Al Qaeda calls for copycats to target US citizens on planes while praising Dubai flight hijacker: ‘America will end’ – New York Post

  1. Al Qaeda calls for copycats to target US citizens on planes while praising Dubai flight hijacker: ‘America will end’  New York Post
  2. Flydubai hijacker’s hateful rants while studying at British university  The Telegraph
  3. Wanted to crash plane, not afraid to die: flydubai co-pilot's chilling admission  indiatoday.in
  4. "Al-Qaeda-Related Posts Found on Social Media of Copilot in Attempted Plane Crash"  news.sbs.co.kr
  5. Al-Qaeda praises accused in Flydubai attack: Says war is not over; calls for 9/11-style attacks on US-Israe...  Bhaskar English
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