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The Wall Street Journal reports Pending Home Sales Rise 0.2% in October , economists had predicted a 1.5% increase. The Bloomberg Econoday consensus was for a +1.0% gain. Sales of existing homes have been soft and are not likely to pick up in the next few months based on October’s pending sales index which is up only 0.2 percent
Please consider Amazon Unveils New Hybrid Drone Prototype to Make Deliveries Within 30 Minutes . Amazon has unveiled a new hybrid delivery drone that can fly both vertically, as a helicopter capable of landing in customers’ backyards, and horizontally like a conventional plane. The drone can travel up to 15 miles at high speed.
The Guardian reports, John McCain and Lindsey Graham call for 20,000 troops in Syria and Iraq . Two senior senators called on Sunday for Washington to nearly triple military force levels in Iraq to 10,000 and send an equal number of troops to Syria as part of a multinational ground force to counter Islamic State in both countries. McCain, chairman of the Senate armed services committee, recently proposed intervention in Syria by a European and Arab ground force backed by 10,000 US military advisers and trainers.
Excerpt from: German Economist Concludes Refugees Will Ultimately Cost Germany €900 Billion
The Turkish-based newspaper Daily Sabah reported in its article, " Russian airstrikes target aid convoy in northwestern Syrian town of Azaz, 7 killed ," claims: At least seven people died, 10 got injured after an apparent airstrike, reportedly by Russian jets, targeted an aid convoy in northwestern Syrian town of Azaz near a border crossing with Turkey on Wednesday. Daily Sabah also reported: Speaking to Daily Sabah, Serkan Nergis from the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) said that the targeted area is located some 5 kilometers southwest of the Öncüpınar Border Crossing. Nergis said that IHH has a civil defense unit in Azaz and they helped locals to extinguish the trucks. Trucks were probably carrying aid supplies or commercial materials, Nergis added.
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Via translation, 20 Minutes reports National Front Ahead in Regional Election Polls .
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The Wall Street Journal in its article, " U.S. Urges Turkey to Seal Border ," reported that: The Obama administration is pressing Turkey to deploy thousands of additional troops along its border with Syria to cordon off a 60-mile stretch of frontier that U.S