Boeing’s 747 jumbo jet, an aircraft that democratized global air travel in the 1970s but fell behind modern twin-engine passenger jets, has bounced back from near death to mark its 50-year flying anniversary on Saturday, thanks to a cargo market boom fueled by online shopping.
Exclusive: U.S. in direct contact with Venezuelan military, urging defections – source
Deja vu all over again as US interferes in South American government – who can tell whether this leader wannabe will be democratic or just a new dictator who will oppress rural people and enrich the few? The United States is holding direct communications with members of Venezuela’s military urging them to abandon President Nicolas Maduro and is also preparing new sanctions aimed at increasing pressure on him, a senior White House official said.
Trump may skip deadline for report on Saudi journalist’s murder
Iran’s leader says ‘Death to America’ means to Trump, not people
Ayatollah Khamenei has defended the chant “Death to America” as being directed at “evil” US leaders and not towards the American people. He also said Europe could not be trusted.
Analysis: Donald Trump kicked off his re-election campaign by making socialism into 2020’s dirty word
He wants to stick with neo-fascism!

Donald Trump targeted the policies of Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in his State of the Union speech, writes the ABC’s Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel. He wants to make “socialism” a dirty word.
‘If the Torres Strait sinks, we sink with it’: Climate change eats away at islands

Rising sea levels, coastal erosion, unpredictable winds and destructive king tides are increasing problems in the Torres Strait, with residents concerned they’ll get washed away.
Contradicting Trump, Merkel says Islamic State group ‘far from defeated’

The Islamic State (IS) group is far from defeated, and is morphing into an asymmetrical warfare force after the militant group lost almost all of the territory it once controlled in Syria, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Friday.
Prosecutors Told Judge That Manafort Might Have Lied in Hopes of a Pardon
Prosecutors also expressed concern that Mr. Manafort was misleading them about his contacts with administration officials, the transcript of a court hearing shows.
She Could Get Millions to Turn This Factory Into Condos. She’s Not Selling. – The New York Times
Flavia Galuppo just inherited her father’s building, home to Etna Tool & Die. It’s now surrounded by boutiques and luxury condos, but she is determined not to sell.
Saudi Arabia’s Threadbare Cover-Up of Khashoggi’s Killing Unravels Further
The crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, was overheard threatening to silence the self-exiled Washington Post journalist “with a bullet.”
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