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What If The End Of Trump Is Worse Than What Stephen King Or Scaramucci Predicts?
WorldNews.com 23 Aug 2019
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas DarlingAs endings go, things aren’t looking good for Donald Trump. A Fox News poll just showed him losing to all four of the top Democratic candidates. But this is only half the story. Approval ratings have slumped ... The middle-class tax cut is well on its way, just as universal healthcare and rising pensions ... 236. ....
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Russia’s Vladimir Putin vows ‘reciprocal response’ to US cruise missile test
South China Morning Post 23 Aug 2019
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Donald Trump calls for Antifa movement to be labelled a terrorist organisation
TVNZ 23 Aug 2019
US president Donald Trump has branded the anti-fascism movement in America a terrorist organisation ... The rise of white supremacy is the US has seen a counter-surge in an anti-facist movement called Antifa ... . ....
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As Amazon burns, Brazil’s Bolsonaro tells rest of world not to interfere
The Himalayan 23 Aug 2019
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO. Amid growing international criticism over the wildfires raging through the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday admitted farmers could be illegally setting the rainforest ablaze but told foreign powers not to interfere ... Bolsonaro responded angrily to what he regarded as meddling ... AD FOR “FIRE DAY” ... ....
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Neymar facing issues with Real Madrid transfer
Mid Day 23 Aug 2019
Paris. Neymar remains no closer to getting his desired move away from Paris Saint-Germain amid reports yesterday the French club have rejected an offer from Real Madrid of 100 million euros (approx R796 crore) plus players ... PSG had previously reportedly turned down an offer from Barcelona of 40 million euros plus Philippe Coutinho and Ivan Rakitic....
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US names Nigerians in massive fraud investigation
BBC News 23 Aug 2019
They managed to fraudulently obtain $6m (£5m) in a conspiracy aimed at stealing $46m, the US Attorney's Office alleges. The remaining 66 defendants are believed to be abroad, "with most them located in Nigeria", the authorities say ... ....
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David Koch, Billionaire Industrialist and Conservative Activist, Dies at 79
The Wrap 23 Aug 2019
David H ... He was 79 ... Four years later, after the Libertarian party proposed eliminating all taxes, Koch became a Republican and would go on to financially support numerous conservative and libertarian campaigns and causes — actions that were often seen as antagonistic to the Obama administration, according to the New Yorker’s Jane Mayer ... ....
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The Amazon is burning because the world eats so much meat
CNN 23 Aug 2019
(CNN)While the wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest may constitute an "international crisis," they are hardly an accident. The vast majority of the fires have been set by loggers and ranchers to clear land for cattle ... While this may be business as usual for Brazil's beef farmers, the rest of the world is looking on in horror ... Eat less meat ... ....
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Texas Gov. Abbott Faces Criticism Over Fundraising Letter Using Similar Rhetoric As El Paso Shooter
WorldNews.com 23 Aug 2019
Democrats and immigration advocates are criticizing Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott for a fundraising letter sent the day before the El Paso shooting for containing similar wording as the manifesto left by the shooter railing against illegal immigrants, according to The Texas Tribune ... In just six months, we’d add the population of Arlington!”....
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US officials confirm Israel behind Iraq air strikes
Middle East Monitor 23 Aug 2019photo: Creative Commons / David Mark
Pentagon axes troubled $1 billion contract for ‘Redesigned Kill Vehicle’ missile defense system
Raw Story 22 Aug 2019
The Pentagon announced Wednesday that it is terminating a troubled billion-dollar program to develop a ballistic missile interceptor, citing design problems. The Defense Department said it would seek bids for a new version of the weapons system called the Redesigned Kill Vehicle, or RKV. The program was being led by Boeing ... ....
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Journalist stopped by US border agent 'for being part of fake news media'
The Independent 23 Aug 2019
A British journalist has said he was stopped at a US airport by a border agent who accused the writer of being part of the “fake news media”, a term regularly used by Donald Trump to attack media coverage he disapproves of. ... “He aggressively told me that journalists are liars and are attacking their democracy.” ... Subscribe now ... Show all 31....
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Special prosecutor appointed in ‘staged attack’ case involving Jussie Smollett
Irish Independent 23 Aug 2019
Illinois Cook County Judge Michael Toomin’s appointment of former US attorney Dan Webb during a hearing raises the possibility that the special prosecutor could bring new charges against the former Empire actor ... ....
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Johnson Warns Migrants Trying To Cross English Channel: UK Will 'Send You Back'
WorldNews.com 23 Aug 2019
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned migrants not to try and cross the English Channel from France to England on Friday, just one day after boats carrying dozens of people were intercepted, according to The Belfast Telegraph ... All those on board were brought to Dover and will be interviewed by immigration officials, the Home Office said ... ....
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Nasa names moving rock on Mars after Rolling Stones
The Independent 23 Aug 2019
Nasa has honoured the Rolling Stones by naming a small Martian rock after the London band. The US space agency decided to call the golf ball-sized rock 'Rolling Stones Rock' after it appeared to move around 1 metre across the surface of Mars on 26 November, 2018 ... We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view ... Subscribe now ... Bahamas" ... ....
