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Trudeau Spoke To Trump Thursday About Canadians Detained In China
WorldNews.com 10 May 2019
In a telephone call to U.S. President Donald Trump Thursday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discussed the detention of two Canadians in China, something that triggered a major crisis between Ottawa and Beijing, Reuters reported....
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Trump Says Kerry Should Be Prosecuted For Iranian Contacts
WorldNews.com 10 May 2019
President Donald Trump said Thursday former Secretary of State John F ... "He's wrong about the facts, wrong about the law, and sadly he's been wrong about how to use diplomacy to keep America safe." ... "The world supported it then and supports it still."WN.com, Jim Berrie . ....
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U.S. seizes North Korean cargo ship for violating sanctions
Philadelphia Daily News 09 May 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has seized a North Korean cargo ship used to supply coal to the isolated nation in violation of international sanctions, law enforcement officials said Thursday. The seizure of the vessel, detained last month in Indonesia, comes at a delicate moment between the two countries ... financial system ... ....
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Why we need to stop eating fish
Treehugger 09 May 2019
The recent UN biodiversity report states that overfishing is a bigger threat to the world's ocean than plastic or acidification. Few images have filled me with as much dread as the one in George Monbiot's most recent column. It depicts a grim reaper below the sea, the blade of its scythe a ship floating on the surface. "Stop eating fish ... He goes on. ... ... ....
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Kazakhstan Police Detain Man For Holding Up Blank Sign
WorldNews.com 10 May 2019
To test the limits of his right to peacefully demonstrate in Kazakhstan, Aslan Sagutdinov, 22, stood in a public square holding a blank sign, predicting he would be detained ... It was not immediately clear if he had been charged with a crime.The New York Times could not independently confirm the events as seen on the video ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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'Missiles like these will start the war': North Korea tests showcase growing capability
The Star 10 May 2019
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's second missile test on Thursday signals it is serious about developing new, short-range weapons that could be used early and effectively in any war with South Korea and the United States, analysts studying images of the latest launches say ... ....
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Fake German Heiress Anna Sorokin, swindler Of NY’s elite, Sentenced To Four To 12 years
WorldNews.com 09 May 2019
German swindler Anna Sorokin, who passed herself off as a wealthy heiress to swindle banks, hotels and close friends as she lived a high-society, fantasy life in New York City, was sentenced Thursday to a term of four to 12 years in prison, The South China Morning Post reported....
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U.S. aircraft carrier touring Mideast passes through Egypt's Suez Canal
Xinhua 09 May 2019
CAIRO, May 9 (Xinhua) -- U.S. aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln passed through Egypt's Suez Canal on Thursday, the Suez Canal Authority said. Mohab Mamish, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, received the carrier along with the U.S ... will retaliate with unrelenting force to any attack," U.S ... ....
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Students Walk Out Of Colorado School Shooting Vigil
WorldNews.com 10 May 2019
She said the trauma is still fresh for the thousands of parents and their kids who suffered through the shooting and the anxious hours that followed."We need quiet. We need familiar faces. We need to hold our babies. We will heal and we will rise stronger and ready to say 'enough.'" – Candace Craig "But right now, we are shaken ... Sen....
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'Received a very beautiful letter from Xi,' says Donald Trump amid US-China trade...
Hindustan Times 10 May 2019
US President Donald Trump got a briefing from his trade negotiators after the first day of talks with the Chinese side on Thursday, but made no move to hold off on the tariffs -- dashing hopes there might be a last-minute reprieve as the negotiations continued. world Updated. May 10, 2019 11.42 IST. Agence France-Presse. Washington ... Tariffs increase....
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Prosecutors Add 109 Hate Crime Charges In Chabad Shooting
WorldNews.com 10 May 2019
The 19-year-old man accused of opening fire in a southern California synagogue last month will face an additional 109 hate crime charges for the attack on Chabad of Poway on the last day of Passover, The Associated Press reported Thursday. The gunman, John T ... In a separate case, he has pleaded not guilty to burning a mosque in nearby Escondido....
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Report: We Just Set A Scary New CO2 Record Last Month
WorldNews.com 10 May 2019
A Grist report this week says the amount of carbon dioxide in our planet’s atmosphere has reached an eerie new high ... In addition, humans weren’t around yet. Research shows the planet’s carbon dioxide levels rise and fall over the course of each year, usually peaking in May when Earth’s vast northern forests spring back to life, the report said ... U.N....
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Valerie Plame, Former CIA Agent Outed During Iraq War, Running For Congress
WorldNews.com 10 May 2019
Valerie Plame, the former CIA operative who was outed as a spy by top officials in George W ... "We need more people in Congress with the courage to stand up for what’s right ... – Valerie PlamePlame officially filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday ... Ben Ray Lujan, who is running for the U.S ... health care....
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Obesity link to depression caused by dietary fats entering brain, study finds
ITV 10 May 2019
Dietary fats entering the brain through the bloodstream may explain the link between obesity and depression, new research suggests ... Scientists also found that by decreasing the release of a specific enzyme called phosphodiesterase, symptoms of obesity-linked depression can be reduced ... Sorry, this content isn't available on your device ... PA ... .......
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Doctors Are Warning People Not To Eat Their Own Placentas. Again.
IFL Science 09 May 2019
Placentophagy – the practice of consuming the placenta – has gained popularity in recent years ... The placenta is an organ that forms during pregnancy and attaches to the lining of the womb. It delivers important nutrients and oxygen from the mother’s blood to the baby, which is attached to the placenta via the umbilical cord ... [H/T. Huffington Post]. ....
