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Trump's Policies Push Russia And China Into Uneasy Embrace
WorldNews.com 20 Sep 2018
Donning a blue apron, Russian President Vladimir Putin poured batter into a pan and tossed it. He was cooking with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, and the pair were making a traditional Russian pancake called a blini, NBC News reported.The culinary showmanship reflected a larger trend ... The move marked an escalation in ongoing Beijing-Washington ... ....
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Report Says Meth, Cocaine, and Opioid Crisis All Fueled Increase In Drug Overdose Deaths
WorldNews.com 21 Sep 2018
Researchers said the recent increase in opioid overdose deaths was part of a 40-year trend that is still rising, warning current efforts against addiction are insufficient, according to NBC News ... The team said the trend began far before synthetic opioids were commonly available and could have little to do with prescribing habits from doctors or advertisements from pharmaceutical companies ... “There’s a paradox here ... Burke said if the U.S....
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When William Becomes King, Here’s How Life Will Change For Harry And Meghan
Inquisitr 20 Sep 2018
Meghan Markle’s life has already gone in many unexpected directions ... It’s a lot to take in. But there could be more changes soon ... ....
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I asked Israel's last pro-Palestinian journalist to show me something shocking – and this is what I saw
The Independent 20 Sep 2018
Show me something that will shock me, I told Amira Hass. So Israel’s only journalist in the Palestinian West Bank – or Palestine, if you still believe in so unorthodox a word – took me down a road outside Ramallah that I remember as a highway which led to Jerusalem. But now, just over a hill, it deteriorates into a half tarmac road, a set of closed, rusting shop doors, and garbage ... Or The Wall ... Trust Amira to start the ball rolling ... 1/15....
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U.S. sanctions China for buying Russia war planes, missiles
Asahi News 21 Sep 2018
WASHINGTON--The Trump administration imposed sanctions on the Chinese military on Thursday for buying fighter jets and missile systems from Russia, in breach of a sweeping U.S. sanctions law punishing Moscow for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. The U.S ... The sanctions are related to China's purchase of 10 SU-35 combat aircraft in 2017 and S-400 surface-to-air missile system-related equipment in 2018, the State Department said ... politics....
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China Brings Hong Kong Even Closer With New Bullet Train, More Infrastructure Projects
WorldNews.com 21 Sep 2018
China continues to link itself to Hong Kong this week with the former British colony's first bullet train scheduled to debut this weekend, according to Reuters. The glittering harborfront railway station costs $11 billion and has ignited several controversies since unlike other border connections, Hong Kong has had to concede part of its jurisdiction to Beijing for the first time ... "We don’t know what it’s going to be like,” he said....
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Sources Say Cohen Has Met With Mueller Team Several Times
WorldNews.com 21 Sep 2018 Editphoto: AP / David Goldman
Florence Responsible For Four More Deaths As Residents Begin Cleanup Across East Coast
WorldNews.com 21 Sep 2018
Officials raised the death toll from Tropical Storm Florence to 41 on Thursday, even as residents were still returning home to start the long process of cleaning up after the storm and local governments prepared to reach out to the federal agencies to request billions of dollars in aid to assist with their recovery efforts, according to NBC News. South Carolina Gov ... North Carolina was even harder hit with Gov ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang dead at 61
DNA India 21 Sep 2018
Quang, 61, died in a military hospital in Hanoi from a "serious illness despite efforts by domestic and international doctors and professors," Vietnam Television reported ... ....
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NASA telescope discovers two new planets five months after launch
Reuters 21 Sep 2018
A planet-hunting orbital telescope designed to detect worlds beyond our solar system discovered two distant planets this week five months after its launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, officials said on Thursday ... ....
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Fatal bacteria found on currency notes – Here’re the details
The Siasat Daily 21 Sep 2018
Hyderabad. It was observed that certain bacteria are found on currency notes which might cause infections of air tract, skin, blood, TB etc. These are the findings of a research conducted in and around the National Capital Region of Delhi. It was found that bacteria were stuck to currency notes in some cases ... ....
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Mass Shooting At Maryland Distribution Center Leaves Three Dead, Several Wounded
WorldNews.com 20 Sep 2018
A female attacker opened fire killing three people and wounding two more on Thursday at a drugstore distribution center just north of Baltimore, Maryland, according to CNN. One law enforcement official who was briefed on the incident provided the casualty toll to CNN, while two law enforcement sources briefed on the matter confirmed the shooter was a woman who opened fire at the distribution center ... "No, it's right outside....
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Iran Dismisses U.S. Offer Of Talks, Saying Washington Broke Last Deal
WorldNews.com 21 Sep 2018
Iran hit back at a U.S. offer of negotiations on Thursday, saying Washington had violated the terms of the last big deal they agreed, the 2015 nuclear accord, Reuters reports.U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out of that nuclear accord – which curbed Iran’s atomic activities in return for sanctions relief – in May, saying it did not go far enough.The U.S ... has violated its treaty obligations too... Apparently, U.S ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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Dozens Drowned After Ferry Capsizes in Tanzania, Hundreds Still Missing
WorldNews.com 20 Sep 2018
At least 44 were declared dead but dozens more remain missing after a passenger ferry capsized in Lake Victoria near Tanzania on Thursday, according to CBC News. Officials said the death toll could be more than 200. Ukerewe District Commissioner Colonel Lucas Magembe told Reuters that the rescue mission to find survivors from the disaster had been halted until dawn on Friday ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Suge Knight faces 28 years in jail after admitting manslaughter
The Guardian 21 Sep 2018
Former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight has pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter for running over and killing a Compton businessman nearly four years ago. The Death Row Records co-founder entered the plea in Los Angeles superior court and has agreed to serve 28 years in prison. The plea came days before jury selection was scheduled to begin in the long-delayed case ... Sloan has denied he was carrying a gun during the confrontation....
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