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Death toll from European flooding passes 180
Irish Independent 18 Jul 2021
The death toll from flooding in Germany and Belgium climbed above 180 on Sunday after rescue workers dug deeper into debris left by receding waters. Police put the toll from the hard-hit Ahrweiler area of western Germany’s Rhineland-Palatinate state at 110 and said they feared the number may still rise ... Daily Digest Newsletter ... .
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French protests call for ‘freedom’ amid government vaccine push
The Independent 18 Jul 2021
Mr Macron this week announced sweeping measures to fight a rapid surge in coronavirus infections, which protesters say infringe the freedom of choice of those who do not want the vaccination ... .
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'Havana syndrome'-like mystery illness affects Vienna US diplomats
BBC News 17 Jul 2021
The US government is investigating a series of health incidents in the Austrian capital Vienna involving its diplomats and other administration staff. More than 20 officials have reported symptoms similar to Havana Syndrome - a mystery brain illness - since President Joe Biden took office in January ... It was first found in Cuba in 2016-17 ... .
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Daughter of Afghan envoy to Pakistan ‘kidnapped and tortured’
Al Jazeera 17 Jul 2021
The daughter of Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan was abducted and tortured for several hours by unknown assailants, the Afghan government has said ... “After being released from the kidnappers’ captivity, Ms Alikhil is under medical care at the hospital,” the statement added, urging an investigation and protection for Afghan diplomats ... .
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Israel pushed spy tech firms to work with Riyadh despite Khashoggi murder: NYT
Press TV 18 Jul 2021
The Israeli regime has continued to allow and encourage cyber-surveillance companies to secretly work with Saudi Arabia despite international condemnation of the kingdom’s heavy-handed crackdown on dissent and the 2018 brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, an American daily newspaper says ... www.presstv.ir. www.presstv.co.uk. www.presstv.tv. .
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Debt and trauma as Israel destroys Palestinian homes, businesses
Al Jazeera 18 Jul 2021
The village of Thurmasiya, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, is home to many expat American-Palestinians, with many ostentatious double-storey villas dotting the rolling valleys and hills of the village ... “Without proof of efficacy, the utilitarian justification for such an extreme and injurious measure is lost ... .
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'Boy Next Door Killer' sentenced to death
AOL 17 Jul 2021
Gargiulo was found guilty of the 2001 murder of Ashley Ellerin, a 22-year-old fashion design student, in her Hollywood home as she prepared to go out with Kutcher. At the trial, Kutcher said that he was late to pick up Ellerin, who did not answer her door. He looked inside to see blood stains that he thought were spilled wine ... .
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Biden: Social media platforms ‘killing people’ with misinfo
Federal News Radio 17 Jul 2021
Biden’s comments came a day after U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared misinformation about the vaccines a threat to public health, and as U.S ... Learn how agencies are defining the role of cloud services today and in the future, while also emphasizing the considerations for each of those decisions by downloading this exclusive e-book ... Period.” ... .
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US moves against Hong Kong nothing but 'paper tiger'
China.dot.org 17 Jul 2021
In its latest moves against Hong Kong, Washington announced new sanctions on several Chinese officials and issued an ill-intentioned advisory to U.S. businesses in the city. Those despicable and unjust moves, no matter how many and virulent, are nothing more than a "paper tiger" to China and its people ... citizens and more than 1,300 U.S.
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At most, just 7% of the human genome is unique to our species. We share ...
Business Insider 17 Jul 2021
An employee of the Natural History Museum in London looks at model of a Neanderthal male in his twenties, which is on display at the museum's "Britain. One Million Years of the Human Story" exhibition, September 2014. Will Oliver/PA Images/Getty Just 1.5% to 7% of the human genome is unique to our species, a new study suggests ... Reuters/Nikola Solic.
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Thousands evacuated as raging wildfires spread in Oregon and US West
France24 17 Jul 2021
Firefighters scrambled Friday to control a raging inferno in southeastern Oregon that’s spreading miles a day in windy conditions, one of numerous wildfires across the US West that are straining resources. ... An initial review Friday showed the Bootleg Fire destroyed 67 homes and 117 outbuildings overnight in one county ... .
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Syrian president sworn in for 4th term in war-torn country
The Independent 17 Jul 2021
Syrian President Bashar Assad was sworn in Saturday for a fourth seven-year term in the war-torn country ... In power since 2000, Assad’s re-election in a landslide was never in doubt ... .
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‘We lost everything’: Despair grows in South Africa after unrest
Al Jazeera 17 Jul 2021
Johannesburg, South Africa – Shelves broken, decorations ripped off the walls and empty boxes that used to carry colourful party supplies litter Thandi Johnson’s store. The devastated shop owner looks through the debris of her popular party-rental shop in Diepkloof, Soweto, for anything she might be able to salvage. There is nothing ... .
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South Korea summons Japanese ambassador after diplomat says Moon is ‘masturbating’ if he expects Suga summit
South China Morning Post 17 Jul 2021
The South Korean government has summoned the Japanese ambassador to the foreign ministry over crude ...
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The Controversial Prosecutor at the Heart of the Julian Assange Case
The Intercept 17 Jul 2021
The U.S. continues to press the case even after a change of administration, with President Joe Biden keeping up efforts to bring Assange to a U.S ... keeps popping up as a key figure in the U.S ... Rather than being pushed into obscurity by these efforts, today he is serving as a key figure in one of the most important civil liberties cases in the world ... .
