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Standoff Over Tankers In Strait Of Hormuz Brings Persian Gulf Region To Brink Of War
WorldNews.com 20 Aug 2019
This is despite the fact it was a major breach of sovereignty.This is largely because Oman, nicknamed the “Switzerland of the Middle East” has prided itself on being a regional mediator, by maintaining strong ties with Iran, the west and the Sunni-Arab Gulf ... ....
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[UPDATE] Italian Government Collapses As Prime Minister Announces Resignation
WorldNews.com 21 Aug 2019
Italy’s prime minister has announced his resignation, as turmoil in the country’s populist coalition drags the government into a state of collapse, The Independent reports.Giuseppe Conte said during a parliamentary debate on Tuesday afternoon he would go to the president to resign at the end of the day’s sitting, adding ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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Donald Trump throws toys out of pram because Denmark won’t sell Greenland to him
Metro UK 21 Aug 2019
Donald Trump has said he won’t be visiting Greenland after being told the country was not for sale (Picture. Reuters). US president Donald Trump said he is postponing an upcoming meeting with Denmark’s prime minister because she is not interested in discussing a proposed sale of Greenland ... Advertisement. Advertisement ... AFP) ... ‘It’s not No ... Reuters). ....
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Stegosaurus Skeleton Discovered In Morocco Is Oldest Species Of Its Kind Ever Found
WorldNews.com 21 Aug 2019
Thyreophoran dinosaurs, which include stegosaurs and ankylosaurs, are found across much of the globe and have been mainly attributed to Laurasian rock formations, the team explained.This has suggested that when the Earth was divided into two supercontinents, Laurasia and Gondwana, thyreophorans were more common and diverse in Laurasia ... ....
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China could ‘render US military bases useless’ within hours of conflict in Asia, report says
The Independent 20 Aug 2019
China’s military could use missiles to overwhelm American military bases in Asia within hours, a think tank has warned. The US defence strategy in the Indo-Pacific is “in the throes of an unprecedented crisis”, according to a report from the United States Studies Center, at the University of Sydney in Australia ... Subscribe now ... EPA ... AP ... ....
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Bet Over Flat Earth Theory For $10,000 Turns Into Death Threats Using Crossbow
WorldNews.com 20 Aug 2019
A man who threatened his friend with a crossbow over a $10,000 bet about the Earth being flat apologized for his threats on Tuesday in New Zealand, according to Stuff.co. Jamie Mathew Sutherland, 36, apologized to Louie Lanz for threatening to kill him after he thought he won the bet ... The flat Earth believer told the Queenstown District Court judge ... ....
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Myanmar/Bangladesh: Halt Rohingya Returns
Human Rights 21 Aug 2019
The Myanmar and Bangladesh governments should suspend plans to repatriate Rohingya refugees until returns are safe, voluntary, and dignified, Human Rights Watch said today ... Myanmar authorities have verified 3,454 people for an initial round of returns from a list of 22,000 submitted by Bangladesh authorities ... We will go ourselves....
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Kashmir: The absence of trust
Yahoo Daily News 21 Aug 2019
The doctor appeared indignant, camouflaging his visible frustrations behind a laboured countenance of equanimity. “I just operated upon the young boy. He is in his teens and it was a major surgery. He is recuperating well. He is desperate to assuage his paranoid parents that he is fine. But he cannot reach them. No mobile or landline phones are working ... ....
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All eyes on Supreme Court as trouble mounts for Chidambaram
Live Mint 21 Aug 2019
With trouble brewing for Congress leader and former union minister P. Chidambaram in the INX Media case, all eyes are on the Supreme Court hearing due on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Chidambaram’s plea for an anticipatory bail was rejected by the Delhi High Court giving probe agencies opportunity to arrest the veteran politician ... ....
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Amazon Burning: Brazil Reports Record Forest Fires
Voa News 21 Aug 2019
Wildfires raging in the Amazon rain forest have hit a record number this year, with 72,843 fires detected so far by Brazil's space research center INPE, as concerns grow over right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro's environmental policy ... Images show the northernmost state of Roraima covered in dark smoke ... 9 ... 23, 2013 ... ....
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'Saaho' song 'Bad Boy': Did Jacqueline Fernandez charged a hefty fee for a special song with Prabhas?
The Times of India 21 Aug 2019
Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor are currently on a promotional spree for their upcoming film 'Saaho' ... The movie is all set to hit theatres on 30th August. FacebookTwitterPintrest. ....
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Climate change will cripple economies regardless of countries' wealth- report
Yahoo Daily News 21 Aug 2019
By Kate Ryan. NEW YORK, Aug 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Climate change will damage the economies of countries whether they are rich or poor, hot or cold by the year 2100, economists said in a new report, dispelling the notion that impoverished, warm countries will suffer the most on a warming planet ... report found last year ... U.S ... ....
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Spider-Man fans launch petitions to keep hero in MCU as they threaten to boycott Sony
Metro UK 21 Aug 2019
The fans want Spidey back in the MCU (Picture. Marvel Studios). Last night it was announced Marvel Studios will ‘no longer be producing any Spider-Man films’, after Disney bosses failed to come to an agreement with Sony ... And the people are angry. Real angry. Like, their spider senses are raging ... It was only a matter of time ... Marvel Studios) ... Advertisement....
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Donald Trump calls Jews who vote Democrat 'disloyal'
Yahoo Daily News 21 Aug 2019
The President's comments triggered uproar - REUTERS. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that American Jewish people who vote for Democrats show “either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty.”. Trump's claim triggered uproar from critics who said the president was trading in anti-Semitic stereotypes ... Reuters ... ....
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Keanu Reeves to star in The Matrix 4 with Carrie-Anne Moss
International Business Times 21 Aug 2019
Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss are all geared up to return to the world of The Matrix with the forthcoming instalment ... In addition to this, Warner Bros ... The original Matrix movie series depicts a dystopian future where humanity is unknowingly trapped inside a simulated reality which is created by artificial beings ... ....
