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UN ‘concerned’ about Trump’s exoneration of 3 US servicemen
Wtop
19 Nov 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.N. human rights office says it’s “very concerned” about U.S. President Donald Trump’s exoneration of three U.S ... Marines ... Source ....
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How a publishing error may have revealed China's secret super missile
Yahoo Daily News 19 Nov 2019
A Chinese magazine may have accidentally committed espionage after it published what appeared to be the first image of a top-secret missile system. . The apparent gaffe came in a centrefold graphic devoted to China's new H-6N strategic bomber in the latest edition of Modern Ships, a government-produced magazine ... More ... " ... ... More ... ....
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US says it no longer considers Israeli settlements as illegal
Dawn 19 Nov 2019
WASHINGTON. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo disclosed on Monday that the United States had decided to soften its position on Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank, meaning that Washington no longer considers the settlements as illegal ... The 1978 legal opinion on settlements is known as the Hansell Memorandum ... Published in Dawn, November 19th, 2019. ....
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Qantas Backs Legal Action Against Black Eyed Peas Singer's Racism Claim
NDTV 18 Nov 2019
Australia's Qantas on Monday rejected accusations of in-flight racism from US performer will.i.am, with the airline saying it would back legal action against the Black Eyed Peas frontman ... He said he had complied "quickly & politely" with instructions from the woman to put his laptop away. "I don't want to believe she racist ... ....
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Joe Biden says he would not legalise cannabis over fears it could be gateway drug
The Independent 18 Nov 2019
Joe Biden has said he would not legalise cannabis across the US because he feared it could be a gateway drug. The Democratic presidential candidate said he needed “a lot more” evidence on whether the substance caused further drug use ... Download the new Indpendent Premium app. Sharing the full story, not just the headlines Download now....
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Putin’s Vostochny Project Meant to Reestablish Russia as a Space Superpower. Now It’s Plagued by Corruption
Time Magazine 19 Nov 2019
Russia‘s new Vostochny space center, a pet project of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has lost at least 11 billion rubles ($172 million) through theft and top officials have been jailed, the Kremlin has confirmed ... He and several other construction managers, including his son Mikhail, were jailed in February 2018 ... 11....
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28,000 foreign children remain trapped in NE Syria: UN
China.dot.org 19 Nov 2019photo: White House / Tia Dufour
Trump administration ridiculed for orchestrating ‘secret’ foreign policy on WhatsApp
The Independent 19 Nov 2019
Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor at the centre of the impeachment investigation into the conduct of Ukraine policy, makes a living selling cybersecurity advice through his companies. President Donald Trump even named him the administration’s first informal “cybersecurity adviser” ... Download the new Indpendent Premium app ... Trump impeachment ... AP ... ....
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Trump is systematically ending the viability of a future Palestinian state
The Guardian 19 Nov 2019
And it is yet more proof, not that more was needed, that the Trump administration is actively pursuing a post-two-state-solution agenda .......
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Sweden Drops Investigation of Julian Assange - WikiLeaks
Sputnik 19 Nov 2019
In May, Swedish prosecution announced the reopening of the investigation against Julian Assange over rape charges, just over a month after he was stripped of his political asylum by Ecuador and arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London ... ....
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Epstein jail guards charged with falsifying records
Philadelphia Daily News 19 Nov 2019
NEW YORK — Two correctional officers responsible for guarding Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself were charged Tuesday with falsifying prison records ... Related stories ... senator accused in Jeffrey Epstein scandal oversaw Philly Archdiocese’s sex-abuse compensation fund. Related stories ... by Nick Vadala ... by Jeremy Roebuck. Ex-U.S ... by Jeremy Roebuck ... ....
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Hostages from U.S., Australia have been freed, Taliban says
The Los Angeles Times 19 Nov 2019
KABUL, Afghanistan — . The Taliban said they freed on Tuesday an American and an Australian hostage held since 2016 in exchange for three top Taliban figures who were released by the Kabul government and flown out of Afghanistan the previous day ... forces. Advertisement ... The following year, the Taliban released two videos showing the captives....
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Doctors warn feather bedding can lead to 'duvet lung'
The Independent 19 Nov 2019
Doctors are warning that patients reporting unexplained breathlessness this winter may be suffering from a condition triggered by feather duvets. . A report published in the detailed a case of ‘feather lung” - a lung inflammation caused by breathing in dust from feather bedding ... Download the new Indpendent Premium app ... Shape Created with Sketch ... ....
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Juul faces mounting state lawsuits in US
BBC News 19 Nov 2019photo: Creative Commons
Scientists Find Way To Improve Cognitive Abilities Of Mice With Down Syndrome
IFL Science 19 Nov 2019
Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have managed to correct some of the memory and learning issues associated with Down syndrome. Their study involved mice that had been genetically engineered to develop a mouse equivalent of Down syndrome, rather than people, but the researchers say their findings are still promising ... ....
