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CIA Special Unit Takes More Belligerent Stance Toward Iran
WorldNews.com 18 Jun 2019
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was adamant — just hours after it happened — the explosions on two Norwegian and Japanese oil tankers were the responsibility of Iran, Vijay Prashad of the Independent Media Institute writes in AlterNet.Iran did this, Pompeo said, and Iran would have to pay the price ... ship was assaulted ... Not on U.S ... ....
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Suicide Rates Of Young Americans Reaches Record High
WorldNews.com 19 Jun 2019
A new report published on Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association using data published by the United States Center For Disease Control and Prevention said the rate of young adults and adolescents dying of suicide reached its highest level in nearly two decades, according to PBS NewsHour ... today than at the turn of the century ... ....
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Teenager who called Prince Harry a 'race traitor' sentenced
The Guardian 18 Jun 2019
Michal Szewczuk detained for encouraging terrorism on far-right website A teenager who described Prince Harry as a “race traitor” in an online post has been sentenced to four years and three months in a young offender institution ... .......
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US Seizes More Than $1 Billion Worth Of Cocaine In Historic Philadelphia Port Drug Bust
WorldNews.com 18 Jun 2019
Federal authorities revealed they found 16.5 tons of cocaine on a cargo ship in Philadelphia on Tuesday, making it one of the largest drug seizures in United States history, according to Yahoo News. “This amount of cocaine could kill millions - MILLIONS - of people,” Philadelphia-based U.S. Attorney William McSwain said on Twitter ... The U.S ... The U.S....
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Belgium Seeking Uighur Family Taken From Embassy In Beijing By Chinese Police
WorldNews.com 19 Jun 2019
A Belgian diplomat is expected to arrive in China on Wednesday to visit the Xinjiang region and confirm the whereabouts of a Uighur family who were taken from Belgium's embassy in Beijing by Chinese police last month, according to SBS World News ... "I am worried about their safety," he told AFP ... ... "They were very scared, they didn't sleep all night."....
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UN Chief Calls For Russia, Turkey, Syria To Stabilize Idlib
WorldNews.com 19 Jun 2019
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Russia and Turkey to come together and stabilize Syria's northwestern province of Idlib on Tuesday, according to Deutsche Welle ... Moscow has been working in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during the seven-year-conflict, while Ankara has been supporting rebels in the Idlib area....
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Greece, Cyprus Urge EU To Penalize Turkey Over Drilling
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Mountaineers Land Plane Near Summit Of Mont Blanc
WorldNews.com 18 Jun 2019
Col Stephane Bozon, who heads the gendarmerie’s mountain rescue service in Chamonix, told Agence France-Presse police saw the plane on the east face of Mont Blanc ... Officials have been grappling with an increase in the number of tourists hoping to scale the mountain, with some attempting it without sufficient equipment or experience....
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Shanahan Withdraws As Defense Secretary Nominee After FBI Probes Domestic Incident
WorldNews.com 18 Jun 2019
President Donald Trump announced on Twitter acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has "decided not to go forward with his confirmation process" on Tuesday, according to Politico ... "I thank Pat for his outstanding service and will be naming Secretary of the Army, Mark Esper, to be the new Acting Secretary of Defense ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Mars Orbiter Discovers New Crater On Planet's Surface
WorldNews.com 19 Jun 2019
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has discovered a brand-new crater on the surface of the Red Planet, IFL Science reports. The team suspect a solid rock probably around 1.5 meters (5 feet) wide hit the planet in a region called Sinai Planum, just south of the most impressive canyon in the solar system. the Valles Marineris....
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Astronomers searching for alien life release biggest set of data in history
The Independent 18 Jun 2019
Astronomers say they are releasing the biggest set of data ever made public in the search for alien life. Researchers from Breakthrough Listen – a $100 million alien-hunting project launched by luminaries including Stephen Hawking – says it has completed the "most comprehensive and sensitive" search for signatures of alien technology ever performed....
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Trump Campaign Rally Brings Out Florida Supporters While Relying On Nationalist Rhetoric
WorldNews.com 19 Jun 2019
President Donald Trump kicked off his 2020 re-election campaign on Tuesday night in Florida using rhetoric that could have been straight out of 2016 while promising even harsher punishments for undocumented immigrants beginning next week, according to USA Today ... “We want people to come into our country based on merit.” ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Couple die after falling from 27th floor of Hong Kong building
South China Morning Post 18 Jun 2019
Police are investigating after a Hong Kong couple fell to their deaths from a 27th-floor flat on Tuesday.Emergency personnel were called in shortly before 5.30pm when the man and woman fell from Kam Lai House, at Kam Tai Court on Ning Tai Road, Ma On Shan ... ....
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Doctors Say Climate Change Will Lead To More Cases Of Flesh-Eating Bacteria
WorldNews.com 18 Jun 2019
A new study published this week is warning East Coast beach-goers a dangerous flesh-eating bacteria is on the rise at their local spots, potentially due to warming water temperatures related to climate change, according to CBS News ... Katherine Doktor, an infectious disease specialist at Cooper University Health Care, told CNN ... The U.S....
