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Americans in Africa: Why we left America to live in Africa
BBC News 03 Aug 2020photo: US Navy / Ensign John Knight
3 Men Rescued From Pacific Island After Writing SOS in Sand
NBCBayArea 04 Aug 2020
Three men have been rescued from a tiny Pacific island after writing a giant SOS sign in the sand that was spotted from above, authorities say. The men had been missing in the Micronesia archipelago for nearly three days when their distress signal was spotted Sunday on uninhabited Pikelot Island by searchers on Australian and U.S ... U.S. & World ... ....
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Trump is planning ‘Emergency’ to stay in office, top Democrat says
Indian Express 04 Aug 2020
President Donald Trump has no intention of “peacefully” transferring power if he loses the November election, according to House Majority Whip James Clyburn ... “I believe that he plans to install himself in some kind of emergency way to continue to hold onto office,” Clyburn said. “And that’s why the American people had better wake up.” ... A U.S ... Tags ... ....
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N.Korea has 'probably' developed nuclear devices to fit ballistic missiles: UN report
The Jakarta Post 04 Aug 2020
North Korea is pressing on with its nuclear weapons program and several countries believe it has "probably developed miniaturized nuclear devices to fit into the warheads of its ballistic missiles," according to a confidential UN report ... Pyongyang has not conducted a nuclear test since September 2017 ... 'Lucrative' cyberattacks ... Topics .. ....
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Donald Trump Slams Dr. Birx As ‘Pathetic’ After Her Comments On Nancy Pelosi
Inquisitr 03 Aug 2020
President Donald Trump took to Twitter this morning to call out Dr ... “So Crazy Nancy Pelosi said horrible things about Dr ... Click here to continue and read more... ....
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Pompeo, Taliban deputy leader discuss intra-Afghan talks
The Siasat Daily 04 Aug 2020
Kabul. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the Taliban’s deputy leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar discussed the much-awaited intra-Afghan talks and the ongoing situation in Afghanistan, a spokesman of the group said. The talks took place on Monday via video conference ... Source. IANS ... You can also download our app for Android and iOS. ....
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6 months after declaring the coronavirus a global health emergency, WHO director says there may ...
Business Insider 04 Aug 2020
Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty. World Health Organization's director-general on Monday warned that there may never be a "silver bullet" for the coronavirus. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus' statement comes six months after the world organization declared the novel virus a global health emergency....
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Protests in Germany against COVID-19 rules - They call themselves “Second Wave”
WorldNews.com 03 Aug 2020
"Take off the masks", "no compulsory vaccination", or "return of freedoms!" Don't vaccinate your children, resistance, resistance! - Were chanting demonstrators. Several thousand demonstrators demanded Saturday in Berlin for the abolition of restrictive measures to combat Covid-19, whose new infections nevertheless worry authorities ... ....
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi confirms contesting for second term
The Jakarta Post 04 Aug 2020
Shares. Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday formally declared her intention to seek a second term in an election in November that is seen as a test of the Southeast Asian nation's tentative democratic reforms ... "Mother Suu, be healthy." ... U.N ... Topics .. ....
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Fears Victoria lockdown and curfew may cost 250,000 jobs
Belfast Telegraph 04 Aug 2020
Victoria state, Australia's coronavirus hotspot, has announced that businesses will be closed and scaled down in a bid to curb the spread of the virus. Victoria premier Daniel Andrews said non-essential businesses will close starting late tomorrow in Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city ... Read More ... ....
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'Gnarly' tumor shows dinosaurs got cancer, too
The Times of India 04 Aug 2020
WASHINGTON. When scientists first unearthed fossils of a horned dinosaur called Centrosaurus in the badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park in Canada's Alberta province in 1989, they spotted a badly malformed leg bone they figured was a healed fracture. A fresh examination, researchers said on Monday, shows something different ... Download ... Top Videos ... ....
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Is Trump Gaming The Media And Americans With Tweets To Distract Them From Real National Emergencies?
WorldNews.com 03 Aug 2020
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Long before Steve Bannon helped Donald Trump win the presidency, there was Arthur Finkelstein, a wealthy New York State-based Republican consultant who worked for conservative and right-wing candidates in the United States, Canada, Israel, and Central and Eastern Europe ... The president tweeted later ... ....
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Brexit: Fears of dead chicks in lorries and 10 months of ports chaos detailed in new government document
The Independent 04 Aug 2020
Chicks exported to the EU will die unless they can be rushed through the chaos expected at UK ports next year, the government has admitted. A new document warns that Brexit will bring up to 10 months of disruption, with emergency traffic control measures in Kent to last until “the end of October 2021” ... ....
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Donald Trump is the Mussolini to Putin’s Hitler, top Democrat says
Yahoo Daily News 03 Aug 2020
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 08. House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) joins fellow Democrats from the House and Senate to announce new legislation to end excessive use of force by police and make it easier to identify, track, and prosecute police misconduct at the U.S. Capitol June 08, 2020 in Washington, DC ... (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) ... ....
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What's behind Trump's bizarre suggestion
CNN 03 Aug 2020
(CNN)On the same day that three former US presidents joined in a moving tribute to civil rights hero John Lewis and just after the release of government data showing the worst quarterly plunge in economic activity ever recorded, President Donald Trump tried to seize control of the news agenda with a jaw-dropping suggestion ... Read More ... Frida Ghitis ... ....
