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Switzerland Demands Russia ‘End Illegal Activities’ After Two Suspected Spy Cases
Radio Free Europe 17 Sep 2018
A diplomatic war of words between Switzerland and Russia intensified, with the Swiss demanding that Moscow cease spying activities on its territory after two suspected espionage cases came to light in recent days. "The Swiss Department Of Foreign Affairs has called on Russia to immediately end illegal activities on Swiss soil or against Swiss targets," it said on September 16 ... ....
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Hungary's Orban Promises To Resist Pro-Migration Policies
WorldNews.com 17 Sep 2018
Prime Minister Viktor Orban vowed to resist any attempts from the European Union to strip its right of protecting its own borders while addressing the Hungarian Parliament on Monday morning, according to The Guardian ... The procedure could result in Orban's government facing fines or a loss of voting rights ... “We should not decide on EU-wide migration issues at an EU level until after the elections,” he said ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody. ....
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Lima Group Rules Out Military Intervention In Venezuela
WorldNews.com 17 Sep 2018
Eleven out of the 14 governments which make up the Lima Group announced on Monday they were rejecting the possibility of military intervention against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and called for a peaceful solution to the ongoing migration crisis on Monday, according to Al Jazeera ... "It is a defeat of Trump's interventionism and a victory of dignity and courage of Venezuela and Latin America," he added ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody. ....
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Trump is unshackling America's drones thanks to Obama's weakness
The Guardian 17 Sep 2018
For more than a decade, the worst-kept secret in the world has been the fact that the Central Intelligence Agency owns and operates lethal drones outside of recognized battlefields abroad. Newspapers blare it from their headlines. Legislators discuss it on television. Foreign governments protest it through press releases. And, of course, human beings witness it through the death and destruction foist upon their communities ... .......
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Putin Announces Creation Of Buffer Zone in Idlib
WorldNews.com 17 Sep 2018
Moscow announced on Monday the leaders of Russia and Turkey agreed to establish a demilitarized zone around the Syrian rebel-held province of Idlib, according to The AFP. Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi to discuss the fate of Idlib, one of the final rebel enclaves in Syria which is home to three million people ... ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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China Accuses Sweden Of Violating Human Rights Over 'Brutal' Hotel Eviction
WorldNews.com 17 Sep 2018
An apparent mix-up over check-in time between a group of Chinese tourists visiting a Stockholm hostel escalated into a diplomatic row between China and Sweden on Monday, according to CNN. China accused Sweden of violating the visitors' human rights after the family arrived at around 2 a.m. local time to check-in, but their reservation was actually made for the next night ... ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Seven Things To Consider As Climate Change Continues To Devastate The World
WorldNews.com 17 Sep 2018
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas DarlingEven if some refuse to change their minds about global warming, rising temperatures are already changing them in more ways than can be imagined. To be sure, calling them a liberal conspiracy or saying they don’t exist doesn’t make it so. In fact, just look at the two most recent super storms, Hurricane Florence and Super Typhoon Mangkut ... Fire And Ice ... For the U.S ... Not only is the U.S....
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Grenfell Tower: 'Stunned silence' fell over fire brigade control as 999 calls went dead, inquiry hears
The Independent 17 Sep 2018
A “stunned silence” fell over a London Fire Brigade control room as calls from those pleading for help from inside Grenfell Tower cut out, an inquiry has heard. Angie Gotts, a call handler in the brigade’s office in Stratford, east London, took around 80 calls on the night of the deadly blaze in June last year ... They included contact from a father-of-five, who told her flames had burst through the wall of his flat ... 18 show all ... 1/18 ... 2/18....
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United States keen to invest strategically in Greenland
Reuters 17 Sep 2018
The United States wants to invest in Greenland to enhance its "military operational flexibility and situational awareness", its Department of Defense (DoD) said on Monday ... ....
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At U.N., U.S. accuses Russia of 'cheating' on N. Korea sanctions
This is Money 17 Sep 2018
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley accused Russia on Monday of "cheating" on U.N. sanctions on North Korea and said Washington has "evidence of consistent and wide-ranging Russian violations.". Haley told the U.N ... "Russia must cease its violations of North Korea sanctions. It must end its concerted effort to cover up evidence of sanctions violations," she said ... ....
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Son-in-law of Monaco billionaire goes on trial for plotting her murder
The Observer 17 Sep 2018
The son-in-law of a Monaco heiress was due to go on trial on Monday accused of plotting her assassination to get his hands on her €12 billion fortune in a case described as being straight out of a crime thriller. Hélène Pastor was killed in an ambush on her chauffeur-driven car in broad daylight in May 2014 ... While lying in intensive care in hospital, Pastor, 77, woke from a coma to announce to detectives ... ....
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Diver who helped with Thai cave rescue sues Elon Musk
WPXI 17 Sep 2018
A British diver who helped rescue youth soccer players trapped in a cave in Thailand is suing Elon Musk, alleging that the Tesla CEO falsely accused him of being a pedophile. Diver Vernon Unsworth, who lives north of London, contends that Musk made the false allegation on Twitter and then repeated multiple other falsehoods after the dramatic rescue of a dozen youth soccer players and their coach in July ... But on Aug ... "Mr ... Mr ... Mr ... ___ ... ....
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Sean Penn: Much of #MeToo movement divides men and women
Wtop 17 Sep 2018
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean Penn says much of the spirit of the #MeToo movement is to “divide men and women.” ... Natascha McElhone said her character is informed by the movement. Penn disagreed ... Copyright © 2018 The Associated Press ... More News ... ....
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'$16m Seized' From E Guinea President’s Son
Peace FM Online 17 Sep 2018
Authorities in Brazil have seized more than $16m (£12m) worth of cash and luxury watches from a delegation accompanying Teodorin Nguema Obiang, vice-president of Equatorial Guinea, local media report. The 48-year-old, known for his lavish taste, is the son of the oil-rich Central African country's president. Brazil limits people from entering the country with more than $2,400 in cash ... They both deny any wrongdoing ... ....
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Robots will Handle 52% Work Tasks by 2025
Deccan Chronicle 17 Sep 2018
Paris. Robots will handle 52 per cent of current work tasks by 2025, almost twice as many as now, a World Economic Forum (WEF) study said on Monday ... Its report, The Future of Jobs 2018, foresees robots swiftly replacing humans in the accounting, client management, industrial, postal and secretarial sectors ... ....
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