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Venezuela Faces Growing Threats To Public Health
WorldNews.com 16 Aug 2018
One of Caracas' largest public hospitals was forced to close most of the bathrooms while patients are forced to use jugs of water from barely flowing tap as the country struggles with a crumbling infrastructure system amid a deep economic crisis on Wednesday, according to Reuters. A number of operations at Central Venezuelan University hospital have been postponed or canceled as the hospital struggles with taps running dry ... U.N ... ....
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New Zealand Bans Sale of Homes to Foreigners
WorldNews.com 16 Aug 2018
New Zealand's Parliament voted on Wednesday to take a large step to fight against the expensive housing market across the country by banning most non-resident foreigners from purchasing existing homes or residential land, according to National Public Radio ... The lawmakers said by reducing the number of potential buyers, they would help ease the property shortage across the country ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Foul-Beaked Parrot Thanks Firefighters With X-Rated Greeting During Rescue
WorldNews.com 16 Aug 2018
Jessie flew off to another roof and then to a tree before ending up back with her owner, the Telegraph reported.WN.com, Jim Berrie....
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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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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security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan, a prominent and frequent critic of US President Donald Trump, was revoked Wednesday after Trump cited Brennan’s “erratic conduct and behavior,” The Los Angeles Times reported ...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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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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Jury Begins Deliberations After Manafort's Defense Delivers Closing Remarks
WorldNews.com 16 Aug 2018
The defense wrapped up their closing arguments on Wednesday afternoon in the bank and tax fraud criminal trial of Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, with the case moving on to the jury, who will begin deliberations on Thursday, according to ABC News. Prosecutors delivered their remarks first on Wednesday while focusing on Manafort's numerous lies, falsehoods, and forged documents within the 18 charges he faces ... ....
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South Korea Proposes Railway 'Community' With North Korea, China And U.S.
WorldNews.com 15 Aug 2018
– Moon Jae-inThe president's administration will seek to link railways and roads with the North before the end of the year, Yonhap said.The initiative is one of many efforts that Seoul is undertaking to strengthen peace in Northeast Asia following June's milestone U.S.-North Korea summit ... In May, the duo held their official second meeting at the border village of Panmunjom following an earlier summit in April. WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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Stolen Buddha Statue To Be Returned To India After Being Found At Antiques Fair
WorldNews.com 16 Aug 2018
“We are delighted to be able to facilitate the return of this important piece of cultural heritage to India.“This case has been a true example of cooperation between law enforcement, the trade and scholars ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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A 65-Foot Portion of the Berlin Wall Rediscovered By Accident
WorldNews.com 16 Aug 2018
A group of neighbors stumbled on a lost fragment of history in an overgrown portion of central Berlin, uncovering a 20-meter length of concrete wall splattered with vines and faded graffiti in early June, according to The New York Times ... “Our experts were able to confirm its authenticity based on the materials used to build it and its measurements,” Beutin said ... We need places and objects where we can keep the memories alive.”....
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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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Seattle's Air Is Even Dirtier Than Beijing's, But Relief Is Coming
WorldNews.com 15 Aug 2018
The air Seattle residents were breathing Wednesday was even more unhealthy than that of Beijing, by far, the Seattle Times reports.The Environmental Protection Agency’s air-quality index posted a reading of 170 for Seattle as of 2 p.m. Wednesday, well into the “unhealthy” category. The reading on Weather Underground, a website that tracks weather data around the world, was 154 ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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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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Brazil's Lula Launches Presidential Bid From Prison
WorldNews.com 16 Aug 2018
“If Lula is not a candidate – and I think there is a 90 percent chance he won’t be – that turns the election upside down,” said David Fleischer, an emeritus professor of political science at the University of Brasília.In one polling scenario, a fifth of voters said they would vote for nobody at all in the election’s first round on Oct. 7 ... In one polling scenario without Lula, Haddad lies fifth with just 6 percent....
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U.S., Mexico Team Up To Fight Drug Cartels
WorldNews.com 15 Aug 2018
Officials said Wednesday the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Mexico will set up a joint team in Chicago targeting Mexican drug cartels and their leaders and finances, to try to stem a flow of drugs that has led to a spike in U.S ... It is also a major supplier of methamphetamines.“It’s not just a Chicago problem, it’s a national problem ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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