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China’s nuclear capabilities maturing
Taipei Times 30 Aug 2019
The Chinese armed forces could soon have full-fledged “tactical nuclear power” to counter any major nuclear-armed nation, according to the Ministry of National Defense’s People’s Liberation Army Report for this year ... By 2050, China could complete the infrastructure necessary to launch nuclear-armed aircraft for strategic bombing, it added ... ....
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Trump tweeted sensitive U.S. surveillance image of Iran, experts say
Boing Boing 30 Aug 2019
Today, illegitimate, popular-vote-losing, manifestly unfit U.S. President Donald Trump did something extraordinarily stupid on Twitter, even for him. Looks like the president may have just tweeted an image from a classified satellite or drone that shows the aftermath of an accident at an Iranian space facility. Yeah, no big deal ... Here's the tweet....
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Military trial for alleged 9/11 plotters scheduled to begin in 2021
CNN 30 Aug 2019
Washington (CNN)The long delayed trial for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others charged with plotting the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has been set by a military commission to begin on January 11, 2021, according to a military Trial Scheduling Order released on Friday ... If convicted Mohammed is likely to receive the death penalty ... W ... ....
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He was sentenced to life in prison decades ago after stealing $50. Now he's set to walk free
CNN 30 Aug 2019
(CNN)A 22-year-old man in Alabama was sentenced to life in prison in the 1980s after he stole about $50 from a bakery. After more than three decades behind bars, he is now set to walk free. As a judge in Alabama sentenced Alvin Kennard to time served on Wednesday, video from the courtroom showed his family raising their fists into the air ... Read More ... ....
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Brother of olympic gymnast Simone Biles charged with triple murder
Vibe Magazine 30 Aug 2019
Tevin Biles-Thomas brother of Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles has been arrested and charged with three murders during a 2018 shooting on New Year's Eve in Ohio ... The altercation resulted in gunfire where Delvaunte Johnson, 19, and Toshaun Banks, 21, both died at the scene ... O'Malley ... 13) ... ....
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Trial for alleged 9/11 masterminds schedule to begin in 2021
Federal News Radio 31 Aug 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — A military judge on Friday set a date in early 2021 for the start of the long-stalled war crimes trial of five men being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison on charges of planning and aiding the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Air Force Col. W ... The five defendants were arraigned in May 2012 ... Advertisement ... ....
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Brazilian indigenous speak out as Amazon fires rage
Delaware State News 30 Aug 2019
ALTAMIRA, Brazil — As fires raged in parts of the Amazon, Mydje Kayapo sat in a small boat looking out over the Curua River in the Bau indigenous reserve. The smell of smoke filled the air, and Kayapo was worried. “The fire is coming closer and closer to our reserve,” he told a visiting news team from The Associated Press ... “We are resilient ... ‘Not here....
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Dorian upgraded to Category 3 hurricane
The Hill 30 Aug 2019
Hurricane Dorian has strengthened to a Category 3 storm as it barrels toward Florida, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) announced Friday afternoon. The NHC said the hurricane is expected to begin a “slower west-northwestward to westward motion” starting Friday night, meaning it could continue to strengthen as it makes its way to the U.S. mainland....
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Justice for José Antonio: Family Demands Accountability for Mexican Teen Killed by U.S. Border Agent
Democracy Now 30 Aug 2019
Nearly seven years ago, 16-year-old José Antonio Elena Rodríguez was killed in Nogales, Mexico, by U.S. Border Patrol agent Lonnie Swartz, who fired his gun from the U.S. side of the border ... A Tucson jury acquitted him and were deadlocked on manslaughter charges....
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Scientists Have Come up With a Way to Store and Release Mechanical Waves With No Energy Loss
Newsweek 30 Aug 2019
Scientists have demonstrated, in a proof-of-concept experiment, that it is possible to capture and store a mechanical wave without energy loss and then guide it towards a specific location ... The experimental setup consisted of a long, carbon steel bar with a cavity in the middle and two actuators—devices that turn energy into motion—at each end ... ....
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iPhone 11 launch date confirmed: 6 incredible features to watch out for
International Business Times 30 Aug 2019
Apple has come forward with a launch date to unwrap this year's iPhones which have been longstanding amidst viral rumours, leaks, and speculations. Apple sent out invitations for the event on September 10 at the Steve Jobs Theatre in Cupertino, California ... Apple Pencil. ... Pro Models. ... 3D touch will be dropped. ... Triple-Camera setup. ... ....
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Astronomers have observed the longest supernova ever seen. The mysterious explosion might have annihilated its star.
Business Insider 30 Aug 2019
A billion light-years from Earth, in a previously undiscovered galaxy, the most massive star ever known to be destroyed by a supernova explosion met its dramatic demise. The supernova — the final explosion of a dying star — was unlike the thousands of similar explosions that scientists have seen before ... The most unusual supernova ever ... ....
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'Caveman diet' could be the secret to weight loss, study says
RTE 30 Aug 2019
Fasting and specifically intermittant fasting has grown in popularity recently, favoured by many trying to lose weight and particularly loved by many people in the tech industry, such as Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey ... That said, this is only one study on a smaller group of people, so more research would be needed. ....
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Detention of Hong Kong group leaders advocating "independence" helps stopping violence: legal professionals
China.dot.org 30 Aug 2019
HONG KONG, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong legal professionals said the detention of leaders of political groups advocating "Hong Kong's independence" demonstrated the spirit of rule of law and will help stopping the escalated violence. Joshua Wong Chi-fung, Agnes Chow Ting and Andy Chan Ho-tin, have been arrested, Hong Kong police confirmed Friday....
