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Indian Heatwave Reaches A Blistering 50 Degrees Celsius
WorldNews.com 04 Jun 2019
Officials in the desert state of Rajasthan warned residents to remain hydrated as the region continued to fight fierce temperatures for the fourth day in a row on Tuesday, according to Channel News Asia. Hospitals reported another surge in heatstroke cases and advised the public not to drink tea, coffee, or alcohol during the persistent heat wave....
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Argentina's Supreme Court Upholds Law Protecting Glaciers
WorldNews.com 05 Jun 2019
Supreme Court justices voted unanimously against mining companies Barrick Gold and Minera Argentina Gold which claimed Argentina's Glacier Law was unconstitutional on Tuesday, according to The Buenos Aires Times ... The companies run the Veladero mine, which is one of the world's largest gold mines in the San Juan province ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Medical Experts Warn More Older American Are Dying From Accidental Falls
WorldNews.com 05 Jun 2019
Two new reports published this week said fatal falls in older Americans have nearly tripled in recent years to more than 25,000 deaths annually in the United States, according to VOA News. Another study also said fall prevention focusing on improving muscle strength and balance could help reduce those numbers ... Dr ... Dr ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Exoplanets Caught In The Act Of Forming Moons
WorldNews.com 05 Jun 2019
Two independent teams of astronomers have found evidence that a circumplanetary disk surrounds two nearby exoplanets ... The first paper, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, used the SINFONI instrument. The second paper, published in Nature Astronomy, employed the MUSE instrument ... ....
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International Police Operation Finds $49 Million Worth Of Cocaine On Brazilian Ship
WorldNews.com 04 Jun 2019
Portuguese police uncovered a tonne of cocaine valued at nearly $49 million on Tuesday aboard a Brazilian fishing boat, according to EuroNews. Law enforcement arrested seven people in the high-seas drug bust off the coast of Portugal while receiving help from international crime agencies ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Anti-Brexit Party Change UK Splits Up After Major EU Election Losses
WorldNews.com 05 Jun 2019
Six of the 11 founding members of the pro-European Union change UK party announced they were leaving the newly formed political party on Tuesday, according to Deutsche Welle. The remaining six who will sit in Parliament will do so as independents after Change UK's disappointing showing in the May European Union elections ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Former Parkland School Security Officer Charged With Neglect
WorldNews.com 04 Jun 2019photo: AP / Dominic Lipinski
Family Of London Bridge Terrorist Warned Police Officials 18 Months Before Attack
WorldNews.com 04 Jun 2019
An inquest learned on Tuesday a warning about the dangerous behavior of a terrorist who led the London Bridge knife attack was not passed on to a police investigation into him nearly 18 months before the attack, according to The Guardian ... The inquest included the reading of a note from the brother-in-law’s call ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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EU Parliament Gives Farage 24 Hours To Explain Banks Funding
WorldNews.com 04 Jun 2019
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has been given 24 hours by the European parliament to explain in person his failure to declare lavish expenses funded by Arron Banks, an insurance tycoon under investigation by Britain’s National Crime Agency, The Guardian reports.The summons came just two hours before the Farage was spotted arriving at the U.S ... ....
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Electric scooter company Bird will soon launch these weird 2-seater electric bikes
Boing Boing 04 Jun 2019
Santa Monica, California-based mobility startup Bird this week unveiled its new Bird Cruiser, an electric bike with a 52-volt battery and LCD screen that seats two riders ... “It will roll out this summer in unnamed test markets via Bird’s first-party service and its platform partners.”. Excerpt. ... Bird]. ....
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N Korea warns US: Our patience running out, Singapore deal at risk
Press TV 04 Jun 2019
North Korea warns the US that the agreement the two sides reached in Singapore last year could be at risk if Washington keeps putting undue pressure on Pyongyang to make it take unilateral measures towards the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula....
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U.S. Imposes New Restrictions On Travel To Cuba
WorldNews.com 05 Jun 2019
The Trump administration has imposed heavy new restrictions on travel to Cuba by U.S. citizens, including a ban on cruises, in a bid to further pressure the Communist island over its support for Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro, The Guardian reports.The tightening of the decades-old U.S ... travel restrictions on Cuba ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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Savvy Crypto Hacker Runs Bitcoin Core on Nintendo Switch
NewsBTC 05 Jun 2019
Bitcoin is a lot of things to a lot of people. It’s a currency outside of government’s reach; it’s a hedge in a dwindling economy; it’s a store of value; it’s a vehicle for money-laundering; it’s a life-changing investment asset. And for some, it’s simply an exciting and emerging technology to tinker with ... Running Bitcoin pic.twitter.com/fXx0npWKmx ... ....
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Apple asks developers to place its login button above Google, Facebook
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Rihanna named 'richest female musical artist' after building $600M Fenty makeup and fashion empire
This is Money 05 Jun 2019
Rihanna has been named the richest female musical artist by Forbes. The Diamonds singer's $600 million net worth has eclipsed the fortunes earned by peers such as Madonna, Beyonce and Celine Dion, according to the publication ... Rich and beautiful ... ....
