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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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Sources Say Cohen Has Met With Mueller Team Several Times
WorldNews.com 21 Sep 2018
President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, has participated over the last month in multiple interview sessions lasting for hours with investigators from the office of special counsel, Robert Mueller, sources tell ABC News.The special counsel’s questioning of Cohen, one of the president’s closest associates over the past ......
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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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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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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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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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Irish Leader Urges UK To Try Harder To Prevent No-Deal Brexit
WorldNews.com 20 Sep 2018
“Time is running short. There's proposals for another summit in October and then in November.”“Ireland is a country that obviously wants to avoid a no-deal scenario, we want to avoid a no-deal Brexit.” – Leo VaradkarVaradkar revealed Dublin is gearing up for all possible scenarios – including a no-deal Brexit.He said ... He said ... WN.com, Jim Berrie....
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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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Israel Says It Will Improve Coordination With Russia Over Syria Following Plane's Downing
WorldNews.com 21 Sep 2018
Israel said Thursday it would not halt strikes on Syria but would do more to “deconflict” them with Russian forces, after Moscow accused it of “irresponsible and unfriendly actions” that led to Syrian ground fire mistakenly downing a Russian plane, Reuters reports.Fifteen Russian crew members were killed when the IL-20 surveillance plane crashed near Latakia in northern Syria on Monday ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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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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Ireland Could Offer Free Abortion Services After Eighth Amendment Is Officially Repealed
WorldNews.com 21 Sep 2018
After Ireland officials revoked its ban on abortion earlier this week, on Thursday its health minister said women will not have to pay for abortion services in the country, according to National Public Radio ... In an "extraordinarily historic day," Harris said after President Michael D ... “It is clear Health Minister Simon Harris and others in government have no interest in hearing perspectives other than ones that zealously back abortion....
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