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Nasa discovers planet unlike any in our solar system
The Independent 29 Jul 2019
Nasa has found three new planets – including a kind of world unseen in our own solar system. The mysterious planet, known as TOI-270, is a "missing link" world and one that could be a huge gift to researchers looking for alien worlds, they said. The three planets are orbiting around a star that is only 73 light years away from us ... Subscribe now ... ....
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Officials Concerned About Resurgence Of Terrorism From ISIS Families In Syrian Refugee Camp
WorldNews.com 29 Jul 2019
An AFP journalist visited the Kurdish Autonomous Administration's Al-Hol refugee camp which holds more than 11,000 foreign women and children related to Islamic State suspects after Human Rights Watch released a report describing the appalling and deadly conditions facing those being held in the camp and even the guards themselves ... ... ... ....
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It’s Worse Than You Think – Why Trump Is Attacking ‘The Squad’
WorldNews.com 29 Jul 2019
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas DarlingPolitical experts say polls don’t lie, but liars poll. Unless it’s your own internal pollsters that show you are losing voters in swing states and there’s little you can do lest you change course ... His pollsters discovered something else ... It includes taking a bullet ... This went for the 2018 midterms ... history ... ....
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Pentagon Will Now Oversee Security Clearances At The White House
WorldNews.com 29 Jul 2019
After a White House employee became a whistleblower for Congress to detail how several career staffers had their decisions to deny security clearances for 25 Trump administration officials overturned, the Pentagon will now make decisions about providing security clearances for federal workers and contractors on Monday, according to Alternet ... ....
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At Least 52 Inmates Killed, Including 16 Decapitations, During Massive Prison Riot In Brazil
WorldNews.com 29 Jul 2019
Dozens of inmates were killed during a prison riot on Monday in northern Brazil, according to BBC News. Jarbas Vasconcelos, the superintendent of the penitentiary system in the state of Para, said 16 of the 52 inmates that died in the Altamira prison on Monday were decapitated in the latest prison riot that's rocked Brazil's prison system....
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Earth Overshoot Day: Planetary Resources For 2019 Already Spent By July
WorldNews.com 29 Jul 2019
Over the past two decades, Earth Overshoot Day has moved up three months to July 29, the date when humanity's allotment of natural resources for the year will be all used up on Monday, according to The Huffington Post ... "This is akin to using 1.75 Earths.". The report said those totals include food, timber, fibers, carbon sequestration, and more....
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Ethiopia ‘plants more than 350 million trees’ in one day
The Independent 29 Jul 2019
Ethiopians planted more than 350 million trees in a single day, officials have said, in what they claimed was a world record. Dr Getahun Mekuria, the country’s minister of innovation and technology, said 353 million trees had been planted by Monday evening, surpassing the initial goal of 200 million trees planted in one day ... Subscribe now ... EPA ... ....
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Muslim parents withdraw flu ‘super-spreader’ kids from ‘non-halal’ vaccine program
Russia Today 29 Jul 2019
Muslim parents across England are refusing to allow their children to take part in a flu vaccine program after Islamic scholars deemed it “unacceptable in Islam,” leading to fears elderly people could suffer as a consequence ... ....
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‘Uncomfortable, ugly, painful’: the hidden health crisis hitting 2m Britons
The Guardian 29 Jul 2019photo: AP / Mark Schiefelbein
Dwayne Johnson apologises for tweet praising Boris Johnson
The Independent 29 Jul 2019
Dwayne Johnson has apologised after expressing support on Twitter for a portion of a Boris Johnson speech, and joking about being related to the new British PM. The Hobbs & Shaw actor joked during an appearance on Good Morning Britain earlier today that the pair were cousins, claiming. “He’s family ... Shape Created with Sketch ... Show all 23 ... 21 June ... ....
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Africa and Asia will propel the world’s population towards 10 billion – but are their ...
The Independent 29 Jul 2019
Talk of the global population reaching 10 billion by 2050 has been around for some time. Yet, this statistic actually hides the real source of this growth, and its implications. Only two regions – sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia – will contribute the lion’s share of this new headcount ... We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view ... ... ....
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German government divided over joining Strait of Hormuz naval mission
Deutsche Welle 29 Jul 2019
Germany's coalition government is split over whether to contribute to the UK's proposed mission to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The Social Democrats say military options would only escalate the conflict ... ....
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Inside the Secret Campaign to Export U.S. Nuclear Tech to Saudi Arabia
The Daily Beast 29 Jul 2019
When President Donald Trump took the stage in the East Room of the White House earlier this month to give his first speech on the environment, nuclear energy executives and industry leaders held their breath. They exchanged text messages with fellow colleagues during the speech’s broadcast, wondering aloud to one another if Trump had taken the bait....
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'Stay inside and lock your doors': Tiny Canadian village on lockdown as teenage murder spree ...
The Independent 29 Jul 2019
A massive police manhunt has been launched in a remote part of northern Canada for a pair of teenager double murder suspects. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has been chasing Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, for weeks since the pair were connected to two separate killings in British Columbia earlier this month ... Subscribe now ... 1/50 ... ....
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Nasa’s Valkyrie robot could help build Mars base
BBC News 29 Jul 2019
The semi-autonomous robot is able to use human tools and guide itself across difficult terrain. ....
