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The Real Predator’s Are America’s White-Collar Criminals, Not China
WorldNews.com 03 Sep 2018
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling.Economist Gary Becker found everyone, even criminals, was influenced by economic forces such as rational decision-making incentives. Along with the amount of crime determined by the rationality and preferences of would-be criminals, he also found in Criminomics the economic and social environment created by government oversight and public policies had a major impact ... June 13, 2018....
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Ireland must respect U.S. president's office when Trump visits - PM
The Star 03 Sep 2018
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The Irish government must treat the U.S. president's office with the respect it deserves when Donald Trump visits in November despite disagreeing with many of his policies, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said ahead of planned protests ... ....
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The 20-Hour Flight Is Coming. And It May Have A Gym
NDTV 03 Sep 2018
The goal of a non-stop flight from Sydney to London -- half the way around the planet -- took a leap forward as the world's top planemakers convinced Qantas Airways they can make the 20-hour route a... ....
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Japan claims China ‘escalating’ military actions
The Manila Times 03 Sep 2018
TOKYO. Japan’s defense chief on Monday warned the country faces a tough security environment, with China and Russia stepping up military activity and North Korea posing “imminent threats.”. Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said China had been “unilaterally escalating” its military activities in the past year, including carrying out new airborne operations around Japan and running a nuclear submarine near disputed East Coast isles ... AFP....
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Scientists hunt for 'dark force' to discover what the universe is made of
The Observer 03 Sep 2018
Scientists are about to launch an ambitious search for a “dark force” of nature which, if found, would open the door to a realm of the universe that lies hidden from view. The hunt will seek evidence for a new fundamental force that forms a bridge between the ordinary matter of the world around us and the invisible “dark sector” that is said to make up the vast majority of the cosmos ... 'It's about expanding Earth' ... Read more ... Read more ... ....
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Migrant crisis: Mediterranean crossings deadlier than ever
BBC News 03 Sep 2018
On the central Mediterranean route (from northern Africa to southern Europe) so far this year, there have been 10 separate incidents in which 50 or more people died - most after departing from Libya. Libya's coastguard intercepts more and more boats carrying migrants, increasing the likelihood that those on board may die during the Mediterranean journeys, the UN refugee agency says ... Related Topics. ....
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Israeli farmers to file war crimes complaint against Hamas
Federal News Radio 03 Sep 2018
JERUSALEM (AP) — A group of Israeli farmers is filing a war crimes complaint at the International Criminal Court in The Hague on Monday against Hamas over the torching of thousands of acres of farmland in recent months ... “What they are trying to do is to burn us, not just our fields ... Insight by the Trezza Media Group ... Advertisement ... ....
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Mauritius takes UK to court over Chagos Islands sovereignty
The Observer 03 Sep 2018
The UK’s possession of a remote archipelago in the Indian Ocean that includes the strategic US airbase of Diego Garcia is being challenged at the international court of justice ... The overwhelming majority of states intervening in the dispute oppose Britain’s assertion that it has sovereignty over what it calls British Indian Ocean Territory, or BIOT. Only the US, Australia and Israel are expected to support the UK ... ....
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Crocodile eats woman and her five-year-old baby in Uganda
The Independent 03 Sep 2018
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Louvre Abu Dhabi postpones display of world's most expensive painting
The Guardian 03 Sep 2018
The unveiling of Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi, the world’s most expensive painting, at the Louvre Abu Dhabi has been indefinitely postponed for undisclosed reasons. The city’s department of culture and tourism announced the delay on Twitter, saying “more details will be announced soon”, but declined to answer any questions. Leonardo scholar challenges attribution of $450m painting. Read more ... Read more ... .......
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Watch your step: why the 10,000 daily goal is built on bad science
The Guardian 03 Sep 2018
In recent years, the 10,000-steps-a-day regime has become entrenched in popular culture. You can barely walk down the street without someone stomping past you wearing a FitBit; when Jeremy Hunt was health secretary, he was often pictured with his poking out from his shirtsleeves. It has become a global obsession. the research firm recently estimated that by 2020 there will be 500m wearables adorning consumers across the world ... Twitter....
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'Strange disappearance' of WikiLeaks consultant in Norway
Deutsche Welle 03 Sep 2018
WikiLeaks has raised concern after Arjen Kamphuis, an associate of founder Julian Assange, went missing in Norway. The cybersecurity expert was last seen in northern Norway on August 20 ... ....
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Ebola survivors face stigma in Congo
Arkansas Online 03 Sep 2018
BENI, Congo -- Leoni Kahumbu remembers the night her 15-year-old daughter, Pascaline, first showed signs of Ebola. She found her fainted on the bathroom floor, blood everywhere. "She did not even have the strength to get up ... I called an ambulance," Kahumbu said. Experts came to their home the next day to disinfect the house. The 48-year-old and her three other children were isolated but have not come down with the often deadly virus....
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Turkey draws closer to EU amid worsening ties with US
China Daily 03 Sep 2018
ANKARA - As the Turkish-US ties remain deeply strained, Ankara's relationship with Europe is steadily warming, where cooperation seems to have taken the upper hand over confrontation. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to pay a state visit to Germany in late September, the first of its kind in four years ... Relations between Turkey and Europe have been in the deep freeze for more than two years ... ....
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U.S. Confirms Killing of ISIS Leader in Afghanistan Airstrike
Newsweek 03 Sep 2018
The Pentagon has confirmed the death of Abu Sayed Orakzai, the leader of ISIS Khorasan Province (ISIS-KP)—the Islamic State militant group’s affiliate in Afghanistan....
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