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Neymar has told PSG that he is ready to knuckle down after failed La Liga move
FourFourTwo 31 Aug 2019
The European transfer window remains open until Monday, but the Brazil international's hopes of departing the Parc des Princes are hanging by a thread ... READ MORE. Why the English midfield stereotype is dead – as Jordan Henderson proves ... Topics ... .......
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Israel is making the case for war, in public, against Lebanon
CNN 31 Aug 2019
Jerusalem (CNN)Israel's military went on a propaganda offensive against Iran and Hezbollah using social media to drastically increase tensions with neighboring Lebanon hours after Benjamin Netanyahu warned the nation's enemies, in Arabic, to "watch it." ... Weirdly, Trump seeks peace with Iran while Netanyahu battles it ... Read More ... ....
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1 killed, 9 wounded in France knife attack: official
Dawn 31 Aug 2019photo: AP / Kin Cheung
Hong Kong police fire teargas and water cannon at protesters
The Irish Times 31 Aug 2019
Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon on Saturday as pro-democracy protesters threw petrol bombs in the latest in a series of clashes that have plunged the Chinese-ruled city into its worst political crisis in decades ... Protesters also threw bricks at police ... Photograph. EPA ... Others shone blue and green lasers at police lines ... Photograph ... EPA ... ....
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Inside east Yemen: the Gulf's new proxy war no one is talking about
The Independent 31 Aug 2019
The bullet had punched a hole kidney-height through the driver’s side of the pick-up truck. Another two, neat as bellybuttons, perforated the top of the window. But for some reason a tidy shoulder wound was the only injury Salem Balhaf, a retired Yemeni soldier from the east had sustained in the firefight ... We’ll tell you what’s true ... Subscribe now ... ....
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Crowds gather in British cities to protest PM Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans
Indian Express 31 Aug 2019
Thousands of people across Britain and Northern Ireland protested on Saturday against Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament for about a month before the deadline for the country to leave the European Union. Johnson has pledged to take Britain out of the EU on Oct ... Advertising ... “Liar Johnson, shame on you!” ... 14....
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‘No More Bic’: Brazil President Bolsonaro Rejects French Pens Amid Row With Macron
Sputnik 31 Aug 2019
A sharp war of words between the two presidents escalated late last week after Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro scolded France's Emmanuel Macron for having a “colonialist mentality” over the latter’s calls to discuss the ongoing Amazon rainforest fires during the G7 summit ... ....
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Anthoine Hubert death: F2 driver killed in Belgium GP feature race crash, aged 22
The Independent 31 Aug 2019
Formula Two driver Anthoine Hubert has died after a crash during the Belgium Grand Prix feature race, aged 22. The FIA announced on Saturday evening that Hubert had succumbed to his injuries roughly an hour and a half after being involved in a high-speed accident at Spa-Francorchamps. The statement read ... Subscribe now ... . ....
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Sudan court charges Bashir with illegal use of foreign funds
Middle East Online 31 Aug 2019
KHARTOUM - A Sudanese court on Saturday charged ousted president Omar al-Bashir, on trial for corruption, with illegal acquisition and use of foreign funds. Judge Al-Sadiq Abdelrahman said at the third session of Bashir's trial that foreign funds of multiple currencies were found at his home ... "My office manager... ....
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Harper, brash Rhoda on two sitcoms in 1970s, dies at 80
Arkansas Online 31 Aug 2019
LOS ANGELES -- Valerie Harper, who scored guffaws, stole hearts and busted TV taboos as the brash, self-deprecating Rhoda Morgenstern on back-to-back hit sitcoms in the 1970s, has died. Longtime family friend Dan Watt confirmed Harper died Friday, adding the family wasn't immediately releasing any further details ... She was 80 ... "I promise I won't."....
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Assassin of Robert F Kennedy attacked in prison
Belfast Telegraph 31 Aug 2019
Sirhan Sirhan, imprisoned for more than 50 years for the 1968 assassination of Senator Robert F Kennedy, has been stabbed in prison. A statement from the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said the 75-year-old was taken to hospital after being attacked in the prison near San Diego ... He died the next day ... PA. ....
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Do the Brazil Amazon fires justify environmental interventionism?
The Guardian 31 Aug 2019
It is time for the international community to build on Macron’s lead and to recognize a right to environmental intervention patterned on the notion of humanitarian intervention ... .......
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Fierce Category 4 Hurricane Dorian menaces Bahamas en route to Florida
Philadelphia Daily News 31 Aug 2019
MIAMI — Hurricane Dorian has gained fearsome new muscle as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm, bearing down on the northwestern Bahamas early Saturday en route to Florida’s east coast ... Forecasters say Dorian, which had top sustained winds of 140 mph Friday night, will threaten the Florida peninsula late Monday or early Tuesday ... MATIAS J ... ....
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Boris Johnson's contempt for our fragile constitution is the most dangerous thing to come of Brexit
The Independent 31 Aug 2019
Depending on who you listen to, Boris Johnson’s has either enacted a coup this week, or simply conducted some run-of-the-mill politics. The multi-coloured lens of Brexit has a habit of polarising the view. Leavers like Johnson or his Chancellor Sajid Javid claim the prorogation of parliament is entirely normal before a new session ... Subscribe now ... ....
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Afghan government says Taliban attacking city of Kunduz
Gulf News 31 Aug 2019
Kabul. Afghanistan's government says the Taliban have again attacked one of the country's largest cities, Kunduz ... The spokesman says the insurgent group has taken positions in civilian areas ... The Morning and Evening Brief ... Subscribe ... ....
