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Lebanese militants fire rockets into Israel
ITV 01 Sep 2019
Lebanese militants, Hezbollah, have fired a barrage of anti-tank missiles at an army base, scoring a number of direct hits, according to the Israeli military. Israel responded with heavy artillery fire toward targets in southern Lebanon ... Smoke rises from Israeli army shells in Lebanon Credit. AP ... Trump ... Credit. AP ... "They dispatch proxies ... .......
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Kevin Hart suffers major back injuries in car crash
CNN 02 Sep 2019
(CNN)Actor-comedian Kevin Hart and two others were involved in a car crash in Calabasas, California early Sunday, according to a California Highway Patrol incident report obtained by CNN. Hart and the driver, Jared Black, sustained "major back injuries" and were transported to nearby hospitals for treatment, the report states ... Read More ... ....
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Neymar also called Madrid to warn them he's staying put
BE Soccer 01 Sep 2019
With two days to go before the transfer market closed, the soap opera came to an end. This past Saturday, Neymar informed everyone that he is still with PSG, including Real Madrid. According to 'L'Équipe', the Brazilian striker informed the Paris Saint-Germain leaders that they were the winners of the battle ... Neymar stays in France .......
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Dorian strengthens to Category 5 hurricane with 180 mph winds, targets USA's East Coast
Yahoo Daily News 01 Sep 2019
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – Hurricane Dorian roared to "catastrophic" Category 5 status Sunday with sustained winds howling at 180 mph on an unrelenting march toward the nation's East Coast ... and was heading west at about 7 mph. The storm was expected to turn north, and it remained unclear where landfall might occur. ... Florida Sen ... More ... ....
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Small plane crashes into resort area in Philippines
Yahoo Daily News 01 Sep 2019
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A small plane crashed into a resort area south of the Philippine capital and exploded in flames Sunday, but there was no immediate word on casualties as firefighters scrambled to control the fire, officials said ... ....
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Toxic Alaska mine could “destroy the world’s last great sockeye salmon fishery”
truthout 01 Sep 2019
“Alaska’s open for business,” Dunleavy told Wheaton Precious Metals, Ltd. of Canada, in a July 30, 2019 letter ... A coalition of tribes and environmental and fishing organizations had warned the company about trouble ahead ... Estimates put the Pebble ore deposit at the second largest in the world, with hundreds of billions of dollars worth of minerals....
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Solomon Islands eyes shift in diplomatic ties to China from Taiwan
Reuters 02 Sep 2019
The Solomon Islands, one of Taiwan's few remaining diplomatic allies, has formed a team of ministers to talk to Beijing ahead of a possible switch in ties that could be unveiled as early as this week, the chief of a parliamentary panel said ... ....
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Pope Francis rescued by firefighters after getting stuck in Vatican elevator
CNN 01 Sep 2019photo: AP / Hani Mohammed
Saudi-led coalition strike on prison in Yemen kills at least 100 people – Red Cross
Russia Today 01 Sep 2019
A Red Cross official has estimated that Saudi airstrikes killed at least 100 people at a Yemeni prison. Medics have been dispatched to the scene of what looks like the deadliest strike in Yemen this year. Airstrikes pounded the detention center located in a college building in the southwest of the country on Sunday ... ....
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It’s a mammal. It looks like an artichoke. And China is driving it toward extinction
The Los Angeles Times 01 Sep 2019
NANNING, China — . The shopkeeper quickly scanned the traditional Chinese medicine market, looking for undercover police before she unlocked a desk drawer and dug out what looked like a clam shell, palm-sized and coffee-brown. “It cures cancer,” she said ... Advertisement ... Advertisement ... A single animal can have 1,000 scales ... (AFP/Getty Images) ... ....
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The war in Afghanistan may be over soon, but it’ll take more than peace talks to keep extremist groups at bay
The Independent 01 Sep 2019
At a briefing on Wednesday, general Joseph F. Dunford, US joint chiefs of staff chairman, outlined Washington’s two main goals for Afghanistan ... You can form your own view ... Subscribe now....
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Ancelotti laments wasted opportunity and Napoli's poor performance against Juve
BE Soccer 01 Sep 2019
Carlo Ancelotti was not happy following Saturday's last-gasp defeat away to Serie A champions Juventus. Carlo Ancelotti said he would have been disappointed even if Napoli had rescued a 3-3 draw against Juventus after his team were heartbreakingly denied a miracle comeback in Turin ... Ancelotti added ... .......
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Gareth Bale rescues Real Madrid but sees red in Villarreal draw
The Observer 01 Sep 2019
Real fell behind in the 11th minute when their captain, Sergio Ramos, lost the ball in his own half and Villarreal broke quickly, with Gerard Moreno scoring from a rebound ... ....
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Germany asks Polish forgiveness for WWII
Taipei Times 01 Sep 2019
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier yesterday asked Poland’s forgiveness for history’s bloodiest conflict during a ceremony in the Polish city of Wielun, where the first World War II bombs fell 80 years ago. “I bow before the victims of the attack on Wielun. I bow before the Polish victims of German tyranny ... “We want to, and we will, remember ... ....
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US missile kills 40 militants in Syria
Gulf News 31 Aug 2019
Idlib, Syria. US forces on Saturday attacked militant leaders in Syria, the Pentagon said, in what a battlefield monitor called a missile strike that left at least 40 dead. The US Defence Department said the attack targeted leaders of Al Qaida in Syria north of Idlib. It did not say what kind of weapon was used or give any details ... Subscribe ... ....
