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Israel Bars Entry To Omar, Tlaib After Trump Calls To Block Access To Democratic Lawmakers
WorldNews.com 15 Aug 2019
Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister announced it was barring entry to two United States congresswomen after President Donald Trump called for the move on Twitter, according to Yahoo News. Israel's move to ban Reps ... Trump said Israel would be displaying a "great weakness" by allowing Omar and Tlaib to enter the country ... has become ... citizens. Former U.S....
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UPDATE: New Zealand Promises To Reform Policies After White Supremacists Send Hate-Filled Letters From Prison
WorldNews.com 15 Aug 2019
The Department of Corrections said the gunman Brenton Tarrant sent a second letter containing objectionable content that was not caught by mail screening staff. Another letter sent by white supremacist Philip Arps, who was jailed for sharing the livestream footage of the attack, also contained messages which should have been withheld....
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Epstein death: Broken neck bones in autopsy raise questions about apparent suicide of accused sex trafficker
The Independent 15 Aug 2019
Jeffrey Epstein had suffered broken bones in his neck of a kind more commonly seen in deaths by strangulation than suicides, according to reports. The disgraced 66-year-old financier was found hanging in his cell at a federal prison in New York on Saturday while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges ... We’ll tell you what’s true ... Rex ... Rex ... ....
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Second British Police Officer Poisoned During Skripal Assassination Attempt
WorldNews.com 15 Aug 2019
Counter-terrorism detectives confirmed on Thursday a second police officer was poisoned during the Salisbury novichok attack targeting a former Russian spy last year, according to The Independent ... Another policeman was left critically ill after he searched through their home ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Iranian Tanker Seized In Strait Of Gibraltar To Be Released Despite US Detention Request
WorldNews.com 15 Aug 2019
An Iranian oil tanker seized by the United Kingdom is set to be released on Thursday despite last-minute efforts from the United States to halt the release, according to USA Today. The Supreme Court in the British territory of Gibraltar approved the release of the Grace 1 after British authorities said they no longer wanted to detain the vessel....
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Philadelphia Mayor Calls For Gun Control After Six Police Officers Shot During Standoff
WorldNews.com 15 Aug 2019
Philadelphia’s mayor Jim Kenney joined the growing calls for action on gun control after six police officers were shot while serving a drug warrant on Wednesday night, according to The Huffington Post ... “Our officers need help. They need help with gun control. They need help with keeping these weapons out of these people’s hands ... ... ....
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'This is propaganda': Indian school makes children write letter thanking Modi for stripping Kashmir's autonomy
The Independent 15 Aug 2019
Children at a school in India have been tasked with writing a letter to prime minister Narendra Modi “thanking him” for removing Kashmir’s special constitutional status, as part of a homework assignment that has sparked controversy online ... We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view ... Subscribe now ... Shape Created with Sketch ... Show all 28 ... 1/28....
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Sphinx of Giza Could Point the Way to Treasure of Egypt’s Great Pyramid, Historian Claims
Sputnik 15 Aug 2019photo: AP / Andrei Nikerichev, Moscow News Agency
Russia bird strike: 23 injured after plane hits gulls and crash-lands
BBC News 15 Aug 2019photo: AP / Michael Probst
Scientists Confirm July Was Hottest Month Recorded In Human History
WorldNews.com 15 Aug 2019
But this is not the summer of our youth. This is not your grandfather’s summer.” – Antonio Guterres“All of this means that we are on track for the period from 2015 to 2019 to be the five hottest years on record,” he said ... “If we do not take action on climate change now, these extreme weather events are just the tip of the iceberg....
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Jeremy Corbyn calls for opposition pact to topple Boris Johnson
The Irish Times 15 Aug 2019
Jeremy Corbyn has set out proposals to form a temporary government that would request an extension to Article 50 in an effort to avoid a no-deal Brexit on October 31st, before calling a general election ... He would then seek to form a “time-limited temporary government” with the aim of calling an election ... Lib Dems ... . . ....
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5 Reported Killed As India, Pakistan Clash Over Disputed Kashmir
WorldNews.com 15 Aug 2019photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag
Migraine diagnoses positively associated with dementia: Study
The Siasat Daily 15 Aug 2019
Washington. A few studies, focused on the association between other headaches, migraine headaches and dementia, found a positive migraine-dementia relationship ... The current study sample included patients who had received a migraine diagnosis in one of 67 general practices in the UK ... 1.65; Alzheimer’s disease. HR=2.27), not in men ... Source. ANI....
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Hong Kong protest: China will 'not sit by and watch' if situation deteriorates further
The Independent 15 Aug 2019photo: Creative Commons / Squeezyboy
Bruce Lee’s daughter tells Quentin Tarantino to ‘shut up’
Irish Independent 15 Aug 2019
August 15 2019 5.55 AM. Bruce Lee’s daughter has told Quentin Tarantino to “shut up” in a row over the depiction of the martial artist in Once Upon A Time … In Hollywood. Lee is portrayed as arrogant in the black comedy, to the annoyance of his family. Tarantino has defended the depiction, saying ... ....
