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‘Hostile action’: China warns of serious consequences if Britain and US send ships into disputed waters
The Independent 10 Sep 2019
China will view the sending of British and the US warships into disputed waters it claims its own as “hostile action” with serious consequences, senior officials from the country have warned, and urged that London not get sucked into carrying out “dirty jobs” for Washington. ... Hong Kong is part of China ... ....
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Fukushima: Japan will have to dump radioactive water into Pacific, minister says
The Guardian 10 Sep 2019
More than a million tons of contaminated water lies in storage but power company says it will run out of space by 2022 Tokyo Electric Power will have to dump radioactive water from its destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant directly into the Pacific ocean, Japan’s environment minister said on Tuesday ... .......
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Syria’s Raqqa still finding the dead, 2 years after IS fall
Wtop 10 Sep 2019
RAQQA, Syria (AP) — The neighbors reported a foul smell coming from the house next door. The house, which the Islamic State group had used as a school for its “cubs,” had been untouched ever since the militants were chased out of the Syrian city two years ago. Weeds grew around an abandoned car in its courtyard ... “We need a lot more,” he said ... Source....
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Trump says peace talks with Taliban are now 'dead'
China 10 Sep 2019
U.S. peace talks with the Taliban are now "dead," President Donald Trump declared Monday, two days after he abruptly canceled a secret meeting he had arranged with Taliban and Afghan leaders aimed at ending America's longest war ... [Photo. AP] ... to invade after the 9/11 attacks. Asked about the peace talks, Trump said. "They're dead....
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Jack Ma steps down as Alibaba chairman
The Telegraph India 10 Sep 2019
Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma, who helped launch China's online retailing boom, stepped down as chairman of the world's biggest e-commerce company on Tuesday at a time when its fast-changing industry faces uncertainty amid a U.S.-Chinese tariff war ... He was previously the president of Alibaba's consumer-focused Tmall.com business unit ... imports ... ....
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Trump's Afghanistan decision pushes country toward vote
Yahoo Daily News 10 Sep 2019
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — President Donald Trump's sudden halt to U.S.-Taliban talks looks like a gift to the beleaguered Afghan president, who has insisted on holding a key election in less than three weeks' time despite widespread expectations that a peace deal would push it aside ... The talks are "dead," Trump now says ... puppet ... 24 ... ___ ... ....
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Michael Flynn Is Due Back in Court as His Lawyers Mount an Aggressive Attack on the Mueller probe
Time Magazine 10 Sep 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn is due back in court for the first time in weeks as his lawyers mount an aggressive attack on special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. U.S....
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There's no other midfielder like De Bruyne - Martinez
Yahoo Daily News 10 Sep 2019
Belgium boss Roberto Martinez believes when Kevin De Bruyne is at his best, there's no other midfielder like him. . De Bruyne produced another scintillating display with three assists and a goal as Belgium eased past Scotland 4-0 in Euro 2020 qualifying on Monday ... "I think he's in the best moment of his career ... ....
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Bahamas PM assures evacuees that they will be able to return home 'as we start rebuilding their communities'
CNN 10 Sep 2019
Lake Worth, Florida (CNN)Nearly 5,000 residents have fled the Bahamas after a violent Category 5 storm ripped through their neighborhoods and left the islands in shambles. "I want to assure evacuees that as we start rebuilding their communities they will be returned home," Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said Monday ... Read More ... ....
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Amazon 'Leticia Pact' was a wasted opportunity
Deutsche Welle 09 Sep 2019photo: AP / Kin Cheung
German FM meeting with Joshua Wong 'disrespectful': China
Deutsche Welle 10 Sep 2019photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech
Mystery Green Flash at Center of Distant Galaxy That Vanished After Just Two Weeks Discovered by Scientists
Newsweek 10 Sep 2019
A surprise green flash from a mystery source at the center of a distant galaxy has been spotted by scientists using NASA's NuSTAR satellite. Follow-up observations revealed the flash had vanished within two weeks, leaving scientists to ponder what could have caused it ... This image, however, also showed something else ... The image from NuSTAR ... ....
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Zimbabwe gov't releases burial program for Mugabe
China 10 Sep 2019
The Zimbabwe government on Monday released the burial program for late former leader Robert Mugabe who died in Singapore last Friday at the age of 95. Former President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe delivers a speech from The Blue House in Harare, Zimbabwe, July 29, 2018....
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Oil rises to six-week high on hope of extended Opec cuts
Business Day 10 Sep 2019
Tokyo — Oil futures hit a six-week high on Tuesday, rising for a fifth day on optimism that Opec and other countries may agree to extend production cuts in a bid to support prices. Brent was up 26c, or 0.4%, at $62.85 a barrel by 3.49am GMT, while US crude was 27c, or 0.5%, higher at $58.12 a barrel ... Reuters ....
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Thousands languish in Kashmir prisons without trial: ‘my brother is too weak for jail’
The Independent 10 Sep 2019
Mugli Sofi, 70-years-old, has been waiting anxiously outside Central Jail Srinagar in Kashmir’s summer capital to meet her son, Rafiq, for several hours. This is the first time they would be seeing each other since Rafiq, 42, was picked up by Indian police during a night raid on their house on 28 August in the Danderkha locality of the city ... EPA ... AP ... ....
