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Two Chokepoints That May Soon Haunt The World: Straits of Hormuz And Taiwan
WorldNews.com 15 Aug 2018
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas DarlingFor thousands of years, countries and imperial powers have sought narrow channels which connect two larger bodies of water. They’ve also gone to war over these valuable waterways to boost imports or gain a strategic military and naval advantage. Known as chokepoints, the Straits of Hormuz and Taiwan are no exception.Given the ever-growing tensions between Iran and the U.S ... forces....
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US Treasury Sanctions Russian, Chinese Firms Over Illicit Trade With North Korea
WorldNews.com 15 Aug 2018
The United States Treasury imposed sanctions on three foreign companies it said was helping North Korea avoid sanctions with illicit shipments of goods on Wednesday, according to The Los Angeles Times. The Trump administration said it was taking action against the companies in Russia, China, and Singapore, along with the head of the Russian firm, by blocking any assets they may have within U.S. jurisdictions ... The U.S ... Mnuchin said....
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Humans are pushing the Earth closer to a climate cliff
The Guardian 15 Aug 2018
A new paper, just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has received a lot of media attention. The attention is justified because the paper paints a very grim picture of the climate and what humans may be doing to it. In particular, the authors of this study tried to determine the trajectory that the Earth is on so we can predict what the future climate will be ... Twitter ... The image below is taken from the paper....
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Video of man slapping hippo's butt at Los Angeles Zoo prompts police investigation
Yahoo Daily News 15 Aug 2018
More. The video was taken from the opposite side of the enclosure. The man can be seen climbing over the fence, creeping towards the two hippos, Mara and Rosie ... The man proceeded to run away quickly as he threw his hands up in the air in apparent celebration ... ....
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Poland Marks Army Day With Parade, Call for US Military Base
Voa News 15 Aug 2018
Poland's president voiced hope for a permanent U.S. military presence in his country, in a speech as the nation put on a large military parade on its Armed Forces Day holiday Wednesday replete with tanks and people marching in historic uniforms. Poland is fearful of Russia's renewed aggression, and President Andrzej Duda said that a permanent presence by the U.S. Army would "scare away every potential attacker." The U.S....
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Egyptian Road Workers Uncover Mysterious Sphinx
WorldNews.com 15 Aug 2018
A mysterious sphinx has been discovered during roadwork in the Egyptian city of Luxor, Fox News reports.Mohamed Abdel Aziz, director general of Luxor Antiquities, announced the find Sunday, according to Egypt Today ... Archaeologists recently opened a ‘cursed’ ancient black granite sarcophagus ... Late last year, archaeologists also revealed that they had uncovered the graves of four children at an ancient site in Egypt. WN.com, JIm Berrie ....
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Prosecutors Focus on Lies, False Documents in Manafort Trial Closing Arguments
WorldNews.com 15 Aug 2018
Prosecutors working the first case brought to trial from the ongoing investigation led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller focused on Paul Manafort's numerous lies as they made their final appeal to a federal court jury in closing arguments on Wednesday in Manafort's bank and financial fraud trial, according to USA Today ... Manafort is guilty of bank fraud, look at this exhibit,” Andres said....
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Dozens Killed In Latest Taliban Attacks On Afghan Army Base, Suicide Bombing in Kabul
WorldNews.com 15 Aug 2018
A Taliban attack on an Afghan army base in the northern province of Baghlan killed at least 44 Afghan police and soldiers on Wednesday as the terrorist organization continues its push against government forces, according to ABC News. The Afghan ministry of defense did not release an immediate comment but provincial officials said nine police and 35 soldiers were killed in the attack ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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WHO Calls For A Pause In DRC Fighting To Halt Spread of Ebola
WorldNews.com 15 Aug 2018
The director general of the World Health Organization said the fighting in the northeastern corner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo needed to pause so humanitarian groups could work to address the Ebola outbreak in the region on Wednesday, according to The Guardian. Dr ... ... Tedros. The cases have already surpassed an outbreak in the Équateur province earlier this year which resulted in 53 cases and 29 deaths ... Dr ... Tedros ... Dr ... ... ... Dr ... Dr....
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Trump Revokes John Brennan's Security Clearance Citing 'Erratic Behavior,' Others Threatened
WorldNews.com 15 Aug 2018
The security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan, a prominent and frequent critic of US President Donald Trump, was revoked Wednesday after Trump cited Brennan’s “erratic conduct and behavior,” The Los Angeles Times reported ... Bush and Barack Obama and several Trump himself has fired, the Times reported. Included in that list are former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former FBI Director James B....
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Suspect In London Car Attack Identified As Sudanese Refugee
WorldNews.com 15 Aug 2018
Abdullah Khater also said his family – who are originally from Darfur in Sudan – were in "a state of shock."Magistrates have granted police a warrant of further detention enabling them to question Khater until Aug. 20.Three people were injured when a silver Ford Fiesta hit cyclists and pedestrians during Tuesday morning's rush hour ... BBC News home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford said the reasons for the crash remained "very open."...
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Pakistan parliament elects Imran Khan's ally as speaker
The Oklahoman 15 Aug 2018
Advertisement. In this photo released by the National Assembly, the leader of Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf party Imran Khan, left, greets speaker of the National Assembly Asad Qaiser in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018 ... (National Assembly, via AP) ... The petitioner, Abdul Wahab Baloch, alleges Khan should be disqualified as premier for failing to declare the child ... In 1997, a U.S ... "We say no to fake mandate," they chanted ... ....
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Putin ready to meet Kim Jong Un at 'early date': N Korea state media
The Times of India 15 Aug 2018
SEOUL. Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "at an early date", the North's state media reported today, amid a rapid diplomatic thaw on the peninsula ... The message did not offer a specific date for the meeting ... ....
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'Miracle' man tells of being thrown 10 metres into wall during Italian bridge collapse tragedy, as at least 35 are dead
Irish Independent 15 Aug 2018
'Miracle' man tells of being thrown 10 metres into wall during Italian bridge collapse tragedy, as at least 35 are dead. A man who was under the highway bridge as it collapsed said it was “a miracle” that he survived. The middle-aged man, who did not give his name, told local Italian TV that he was standing in front of his truck under the bridge in the city of Genoa when the structure collapsed yesterday ... Email ... I don’t know what to say....
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easyJet Sues Two Latin American Airlines For Infringement
WorldNews.com 15 Aug 2018
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, who founded easyJet in 1995 at age 28, operates an empire of “easy” companies, but according to a Domain Gang story, quoting a report in The Drum, his group of companies has filed several UDRP cases against domain names that have infringed on the “easy” mark ... Easy Sky and Easyfly, accusing the carriers of “brand theft” based on their adoption of the “easy” mark, and for similar services....
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