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Saudi Arabia Confirms Khashoggi Was Killed in Instabul Consulate
Yahoo Daily News 19 Oct 2018
In a major development in the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia on Friday, 19 October, confirmed that Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this month ... (This is a developing story, more details soon.). ... ....
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Scientists Finally Find Proof That Earth's Core Is Solid
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
These are a type of wave that can only travel through solid objects.“We found the inner core is indeed solid, but we also found that it’s softer than previously thought.” – Hrvoje Tkalčić“It turns out — if our results are correct — the inner core shares some similar elastic properties with gold and platinum,” he continued....
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FBI Expands Search For Missing Wisconsin Teenager To Entire United States
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
But officials said their daughter Jayme was nowhere to be found ... When the dispatcher called back after the call was disconnected, it was sent to Denise's voicemail and pinged to the Closs' home ... Officials had also attempted to reach the home's landline but it was disconnected, according to the Barron County Sheriff's Department records. Officers also noted it seemed like James Closs had answered the door before he was shot dead....
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Dave Chappelle thinks Kanye West was ‘having a manic episode’ during Trump meeting
Metro UK 20 Oct 2018
‘What do you think of Kanye?’ – and Dave went on to half-defend, half-slam the I Love It rapper ... Saudi Arabia admit journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead but claim he was killed in fistfight. Homeowners rip Trump logo off apartment block over fears it'll affect resale values ... I’m keeping my Yeezys and I’m still buying the records, but when he’s on CNN, n*****, I’m turning the channel.’ Advertisement....
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Ethiopia's massive new dam threatens Egypt's River Nile
CNN 20 Oct 2018
The Nile River Basin extends to 11 African countries, but Egypt -- one of the oldest civilizations in the world -- has controlled the river and used the lion's share of its waters for millennia ... In 2017, with around 60% of construction completed, talks broke down and Egypt scaled up its rhetoric again, but this year, the tide seemed to be turning....
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Fentanyl Smuggled From China Blamed In Deaths Of Thousands Of Americans
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
The Shanghai-based network sold synthetic narcotics, including deadly fentanyl, on websites posted in 35 languages, from Arabic and English to Icelandic and Uzbek.The Chinese syndicate bragged that its laboratory could “synthesize nearly any” drug and that it churned out 16 tons of illicit chemicals a month ... buyers if its goods were seized by U.S....
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National Security Adviser Urges Trump To Withdraw From Russian Nuclear Arms Treaty
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
The treaty is due to expire in 2021 and Moscow has signaled its interest in an extension, but Bolton is opposing the resumption of a strategic stability dialogue to discuss the future of arms control between the two countries.The U.S. has briefed its European allies this week about the proposal, sounding out reactions ... But I don’t believe there has ......
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Apple CEO urges Bloomberg to retract spying chips story
Sify 20 Oct 2018
Apple CEO Tim Cook is urging Bloomberg to retract its story about an alleged embedded Chinese spying chips that compromised about 30 companies including the servers of Apple ... "They need to do that right thing and retract it." ... Apple denied in an October 4 statement that it had found the "malicious chips" in servers on its network, saying it refuted "virtually every aspect of Bloomberg' s story relating to Apple"....
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Migrants camp on bridge between Guatemala and Mexico as U.S. pressure mounts
This is Money 20 Oct 2018
President Donald Trump has warned the Central American caravan must be stopped before it reaches the United States, and Honduras and Guatemala said late on Friday they were mobilizing to return Honduran migrants to their homeland ... But many were determined to try ... But Mexico had stepped up its efforts to stop the flow of people, migration experts said....
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At least 60 killed as train crashes into crowd in India
Belfast Telegraph 20 Oct 2018
A speeding train has crashed into a crowd watching fireworks during a religious festival in northern India, killing at least 60 people and injuring dozens more, police said ... Railway police said that the death toll had risen to 60 ... A witness said the train did not sound its whistle as it sped past the site, where hundreds were watching the burning of an effigy of demon Ravana during the Hindu festival of Dussehra ... He said ... ....
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Meditation can help lower eye pressure in glaucoma patients
Deccan Chronicle 20 Oct 2018
New Delhi. Meditation can help lower eye pressure in patients suffering from glaucoma, according to a recent study by doctors at the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here ... Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in India impacting over 12 million people ... We also are aware of the fact that stress leads to elevation of blood pressure but seldom think about its impact on eye pressure ... said ... ....
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North Korean hacker group stole $571 mn in crypto attacks
Sify 20 Oct 2018
San Francisco. A North Korean hacking group called Lazarus has stolen cryptocurrencies worth more than half a billion this year ... Lazarus is a hacking group which has been linked to a string of attacks against everything from banks to government agencies across the world ... ....
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Russian woman charged in first 2018 election meddling case
The Times of India 20 Oct 2018
Justice Department prosecutors claim that Khusyaynova, of St Petersburg, helped manage the finances of a hidden but powerful Russian social media effort aimed at spreading distrust for ......
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Europe, Japan send spacecraft on 7-year journey to Mercury
Deccan Chronicle 20 Oct 2018
ESA says the 1.3 billion-euro (USD 1.5 billion) mission is one of the most challenging in its history ... The BepiColombo spacecraft will have to follow an elliptical path that involves a fly-by of Earth, two of Venus and six of Mercury itself so it can slow down before arriving at its destination in December 2025 ... It is the second recent cooperation between the Europeans and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency....
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Japan's Famous Cherry Blossoms Come Months Early After Bouts Of Severe Weather
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
But Japan-based Weather News said there have been numerous reports of the delicate blossoms popping up around the country months ahead of schedule after the island suffered a number of typhoons and a major heat wave this summer ... The cherry-blossom trees develop its buds during the summer months, but the trees' leaves will prevent them from blooming early by releasing a hormone that curbs their growth, according to Wada....
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