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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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Trump considering buying Greenland, confirms White House adviser
The Observer 18 Aug 2019
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow has confirmed Donald Trump is considering an attempt to buy Greenland. 'Friends, you're going to love Greenland. I was there on 9/11' . Lawrence Douglas and Nancy Pick. Read more. US presidents have paid for territory before ... In 1867, Andrew Johnson paid $7.2m for Alaska from Russia ... He continued ... It’s developing ... ....
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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
Donald Trump has vented his anger over media coverage of his repeated racism after a series of polls showed his approval ratings had fallen and that he was on track to lose the 2020 election. More follows…. Independent news email. Only the best news in your inbox. Independent news email. Only the best news in your inbox ... Update newsletter preferences ... ....
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Millions of Muslims risk being stripped of citizenship in India and declared 'foreign migrants'
The Independent 18 Aug 2019
More than 4 million people in India, mostly Muslims, are at risk of being declared foreign migrants as the government pushes a hardline Hindu nationalist agenda that has challenged the country’s pluralist traditions and aims to redefine what it means to be Indian ... We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view ... Subscribe now ... Show all 10 ... 1/10 ... ....
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Alaska man discovers message in bottle from Russian Navy
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British man sets new cycling speed record of more than 174mph
The Observer 18 Aug 2019
A British man has set a new cycling speed record of more than 174mph on a £15,000 bike released from the back of a Porsche as it hurtled down a runway. Architect Neil Campbell, 45, broke the previous record of 167mph (268.83km/h) using an elongated, custom-built bike based on the design of a tandem ... He said ... Campbell said ... He said ... ....
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Alleged Victim of McGregor's 'Punch Incident' Says He Couldn't Leave House For a Week
Sputnik 18 Aug 2019photo: Pixabay / Vlad Vasnetsov
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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Chad declares emergency after dozens die in ethnic violence
Press TV 18 Aug 2019
Chad President Idriss Deby declared a state of emergency in two eastern provinces on Sunday after violent intercommunal clashes left dozens dead earlier this month ... "From now, we will deploy military forces who are going to ensure the security of the population in the region," Deby said while on a trip to Sila ... (Source. AFP) ....
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Singapore to bolster coastal defences against rising sea levels: PM
This is Money 18 Aug 2019
As a low-lying island, Singapore is especially vulnerable to the "grave threat" of rising sea levels, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned. Singapore needs at least $72 billion to build defences against rising sea levels, its leader said Sunday as the low-lying city-state gears up against the impact of climate change ... ....
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Dozens of rescuers try to save two trapped cavers in Poland
The Guardian 18 Aug 2019
Explosives could be used to open up route to pair trapped in cavern in Tatra mountains More than two dozen rescue workers are battling to save two cavers trapped in a cavern in the Tatra mountains in Poland after a narrow tunnel flooded with water ... .......
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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. request to continue holding an Iranian supertanker detained more than a month ago on suspicion of attempting to breach global sanctions against Syria. The Grace 1 was free to go and could be sailing unfettered within 48 hours, authorities said ... and those of the European Union. ... Iran ... ....
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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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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 ... ....
