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Chinese missiles likely to cripple Asia-based US forces in event of conflict: report
South China Morning Post 18 Aug 2019
The report by Australia-based researchers urged US allies such as Australia and Japan to overhaul military investment to prevent American military might from being undermined in the region. The report also detailed the prowess of the PLA Rocket Force, which is capable of making precision strikes as far from the mainland as Singapore ... ....
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Video Allegedly Showing Prince Andrew Waving Off Young Woman at Epstein's New York Mansion Released
Sputnik 18 Aug 2019
Explosive court documents released hours before Jeffrey Epstein's apparent suicide last week revealed that UK Prince Andrew, the eighth in line to the British throne, was named in a 2015 lawsuit against an alleged "madame" for the US financier's purported child sex trafficking ring ... ....
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Trump rages over poll numbers and coverage of his racism after approval ratings plummet
The Independent 18 Aug 2019
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Alleged Victim of McGregor's 'Punch Incident' Says He Couldn't Leave House For a Week
Sputnik 18 Aug 2019photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Millions of Muslims risk being stripped of citizenship in India and declared 'foreign migrants'
The Independent 18 Aug 2019
Indian election officials count votes using electronic voting machines at a counting center for the Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) election, in Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir, India, 23 May 2019 ... Indian election officials count votes using electronic voting machines ......
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New evidence emerges of Russian role in Ukraine conflict
The Guardian 18 Aug 2019
Research group Forensic Architecture collected images to use in ECHR case Newly collated evidence documenting Russian military involvement in the conflict in Ukraine will be used to bolster legal claims against the Russian state by Ukrainian volunteer fighters....
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Gibraltar rejects US pressure, says Iranian oil tanker free to go
Yahoo Daily News 18 Aug 2019
The government of Gibraltar on Sunday rejected a U.S ... The Grace 1 was free to go and could be sailing unfettered within 48 hours, authorities said ... On Friday, the U.S. Justice Department issued a warrant to seize the tanker for forfeiture, claiming the Iranians illegally used the US banking system to finance the shipment of oil to Syria ... Iran ... ....
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Israel shoots down 2 out of 3 rockets fired from Gaza
Deccan Chronicle 18 Aug 2019photo: Pixabay / Anfaenger
UN experts discover British-made bomb parts in Yemen
The Observer 18 Aug 2019
The criticised attacks took place in September 2016, a month after the then foreign secretary Boris Johnson said he was content to allow the export of weapons systems to Saudi Arabia in the expectation they would be used in Yemen ... Houthis use to assemble local-made missiles.”....
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No-deal Brexit is class war. It’s time to take back control and defeat Johnson and Rees-Mogg
The Independent 18 Aug 2019
There was always talk of division in our house ... This was when I used to stand alongside dad on the Kop ... At over 170 years old, the Whitby Regatta is thought to be the oldest sea regatta on the northeast coast of England and draws thousands of visitors each year ... It’s why there are moments when our city’s red and blue are so close it’s almost purple....
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Iceland commemorates first glacier lost to climate change
The Times of India 18 Aug 2019
REYKJAVIK. Iceland on Sunday honours the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change, as scientists warn that some 400 others on the subarctic island risk the same fate ... "In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path ... Only you know if we did it," the plaque reads ... more from times of india news ... ....
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Germany's Seehofer warns refugees who take Syria vacations
Deutsche Welle 18 Aug 2019
Refugees who return to Syria for a holiday might lose their refugee status in Germany, German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told the Bild newspaper. Some newcomers simultaneously claim to be fleeing persecution there ... ....
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Omar al-Bashir to face corruption charges in court
The Observer 18 Aug 2019
Omar al-Bashir, the former president of Sudan, will face corruption charges in court, on the first day of a high profile trial that may see the deposed autocratic ruler jailed for many years ... Timeline Omar al-Bashir. Show Hide 1 January 1944 ... October 1973 ... 30 June 1989 ... February 2003 ... The conflict claims more than 300,000 lives, according to the UN ... ....
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Thousands evacuated in Gran Canaria as raging wildfire 'has great potential' to spread
Irish Independent 18 Aug 2019
Independent.ie Newsdesk Twitter Email. August 18 2019 12.14 PM. 0 Comments Thousands evacuated in Gran Canaria as raging wildfire 'has great potential' to spread. Independent.ie ... https.//www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/thousands-evacuated-in-gran-canaria-as-raging-wildfire-has-great-potential-to-spread-38413340.html ... Email ... ....
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Russian Girl Survives Fall From 50-Metre 'Rock of Love' in Selfie Attempt
Sputnik 18 Aug 2019
Recent independent studies have discovered that hundreds of people have died while putting themselves at risk to take the perfect selfie, with young people and tourists particularly driven to post “cool” photos on social media ... ....
