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From chicken to tomatoes, here's why American food is hurting you
The Guardian 28 May 2019photo: AP / Anupam Nath
Malaysia Has Started Returning Tons of Trash to the West: 'We Will Not Be the Dumping Ground of the World'
Newsweek 28 May 2019
Countries in south-east Asia are increasingly determined to return tons of plastic rubbish back to North America and Europe. On Tuesday, Malaysia’s environment minister Yeo Bee Bin announced the country would send 3,000 tons of plastic waste currently sitting in a Malaysian port to the countries that produced it ... Mohd Rasfan/AFP/Getty Images ....
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Tornadoes leave trail of destruction across Ohio and Indiana
Belfast Telegraph 28 May 2019
A rapid-fire line of tornadoes has torn across Indiana and Ohio. The twisters were packed so closely together that one crossed the path carved by another. The storms strew debris so thick that at one point emergency crews had to use snowploughs to clear a major road. Tornado threat has exited our area of responsibility ... Press Association. ....
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Iran tensions overshadow Mecca summits
This is Money 28 May 2019
The summits in Saudi Arabia follow Washington's decision to reinstate tough sanctions against Iran and to deploy 1,500 more troops to the Middle East amid sabotage attacks on oil facilities. Regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia hosts Islamic, Arab and Gulf summits this week as tensions between Iran and the US raise fears of military escalation ... ....
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North Koreans survive by paying bribes - U.N. report
The Star 28 May 2019
GENEVA (Reuters) - North Koreans are forced to pay bribes to officials to survive in their isolated country, where corruption is "endemic" and repression rife, the United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday ... ....
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Japan: Two feared dead, 17 hurt after mass stabbing in Kawasaki
DNA India 28 May 2019
Two people, including a child, were feared dead Tuesday in a mass stabbing attack that also injured 17 people in Japan, emergency services said.The rampage was a rare attack in a country with one of the lowest rates of violent crime in the developed world and there was no immediate detail on the motive of the knifeman ... ....
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Maoist rebels attack Indian government forces, wounding 11
The Charlotte Observer 28 May 2019
Police say Maoist rebels have triggered a blast in eastern India, wounding eight paramilitary soldiers and three police officers carrying out a search operation in a forested area. Police officer ... ....
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Man who kidnapped and raped British backpacker in Queensland jailed for 10 years
The Guardian 28 May 2019
Cairns man Marcus Allyn Keith Martin forced the woman from Liverpool to go on a road trip across outback Queensland A Cairns man who raped and kidnapped a British backpacker on a road trip through the Queensland bush has been jailed for 10 years ... .......
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Brazilian state oil company Petrobras aims for China’s teapots with oil cargoes shipped to storage ...
South China Morning Post 28 May 2019
Petroleo Brasileiro, or Petrobras, is seeking markets for its rising crude output and hopes to expand… ... ....
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'FBI tapes claim Martin Luther King Jr had 45 affairs'
The Times of India 28 May 2019
Details of the FBI's smear campaign against Martin Luther King Jr have been found on secret tapes, it is claimed. It is alleged the agency accused the civil rights campaigner of having up to 45 affairs ... Details of the covert tapes have been revealed by biographer David Garrow, who says he has unearthed files not scheduled for release until 2027....
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French minister Le Drian urges Saudi and UAE to end war in Yemen
The Star 28 May 2019
PARIS (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Tuesday reiterated calls for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to end a conflict in Yemen that he described as a "dirty war" ... ....
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Iggy Azalea feels 'blindsided, embarrassed, violated, angry, sad' after topless pics leaked
The Times of India 28 May 2019
Iggy Azalea deactivated her social media accounts after her topless pictures were leaked online. The photos were taken during a photoshoot for a magazine in 2016. The Australian rapper said she felt "blindsided, embarrassed, violated angry" by the leak ... "Today Im a ball of negative emotions ... View this post on Instagram ... ....
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Italy's new ruins: heritage sites being lost to neglect and looting
The Guardian 28 May 2019
Overgrown and weathered, many historical monuments are disappearing as public funds for culture fail to match modern Italy’s inheritance Legend has it that the grotto hidden among the craggy cliffs on San Marco hill in Sutera in the heart of Sicily holds a treasure chest full of gold coins ... .......
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Spanish footballers detained for match-fixing
China.dot.org 28 May 2019
It is thought the players were involved in match-fixing in order to make money through online betting and they face charges of belonging to a criminal organization, corruption and money laundering. ....
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A 95-Foot Asteroid Will Skim Earth Closer Than The Moon Today
Inquisitr 28 May 2019
Planet Earth is in for a very close encounter with an asteroid later today. In the late hours of Monday night, a tiny space rock is due to pass extremely close to Earth’s surface, asteroid trackers as NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, announced yesterday ... Click here to continue and read more... ....
