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Israel shoots down 2 out of 3 rockets fired from Gaza
Deccan Chronicle 18 Aug 2019photo: Creative Commons
Iceland commemorates first glacier lost to climate change
The Times of India 18 Aug 2019
REYKJAVIK. Iceland on Sunday honours the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change, as scientists warn that some 400 others on the subarctic island risk the same fate ... "In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path ... Only you know if we did it," the plaque reads ... more from times of india news ... ....
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Video Allegedly Showing Prince Andrew Waving Off Young Woman at Epstein's New York Mansion Released
Sputnik 18 Aug 2019
Explosive court documents released hours before Jeffrey Epstein's apparent suicide last week revealed that UK Prince Andrew, the eighth in line to the British throne, was named in a 2015 lawsuit against an alleged "madame" for the US financier's purported child sex trafficking ring ... ....
photo: AP / Tatan Syuflana
Indonesia arrests dozens of West Papuans over claim flag was thrown in sewer
The Guardian 18 Aug 2019
Officers shot tear gas canisters into student accommodation and took 43 people into custody after reports on social media Indonesian authorities raided a university dormitory in Surabaya on Saturday and arrested dozens of West Papuan students after a stand off over allegations the Indonesian flag was thrown into a sewer ... .......
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
Millions of Muslims risk being stripped of citizenship in India and declared 'foreign migrants'
The Independent 18 Aug 2019
More than 4 million people in India, mostly Muslims, are at risk of being declared foreign migrants as the government pushes a hardline Hindu nationalist agenda that has challenged the country’s pluralist traditions and aims to redefine what it means to be Indian ... We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view ... Subscribe now ... Show all 10 ... 1/10 ... ....
photo: US Navy / MC1 Ronald Gutridge
The nuclear arms race is back … and ever more dangerous now
The Guardian 17 Aug 2019
The outpouring of rage and fear would be heard across the world ... .......
photo: AP / Vincent Thian
China condemns US lawmakers’ support for Hong Kong protests
Albuquerque Journal 18 Aug 2019
HONG KONG — A spokesman for China’s ceremonial legislature condemned statements from U.S. lawmakers supportive of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, as more protests were planned Sunday following a day of dueling rallies that highlighted the political divide in the Chinese territory ... You did not mention any specific lawmaker, but numerous U.S ... ___ ... ....
photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool
63 killed in suicide bomb attack on wedding in Kabul
RTE 18 Aug 2019
63 people have been killed and over 180 injured following a suicide bomb attack on a wedding in the Afghan capital, Kabul. The blast, which took place late Saturday in the western p[art of the city, came as Washington and the Taliban are in the final stages of a deal to reduce the US military presence in Afghanistan ... ....
photo: AP / Matt Dunham
UK Faces Food, Fuel and Drugs Shortages in No-deal Brexit: Report
News18 18 Aug 2019photo: AP / Noah Berger
At least 13 people arrested at Portland, Oregon, protest
Stars and Stripes 18 Aug 2019
PORTLAND, Ore. — Police arrested at least 13 people and seized metal poles, bear spray and other weapons Saturday as hundreds of far-right protesters and anti-fascist counter-demonstrators swarmed downtown Portland, Oregon. Authorities closed bridges and streets to try to keep the rival groups apart ... Tina Jones said. The injuries were minor, she said....
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Johnson to demand new Brexit deal when he meets Merkel and Macron
The Irish Times 18 Aug 2019
Boris Johnson will tell Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron that there must be a new Brexit deal when he makes his first trip abroad as prime minister. Mr Johnson will make clear to the French president and German chancellor that Britain will leave the European Union on October 31st with or without a deal ... Brexit is an opportunity ... He told the Observer....
photo: AP / Mahmud Hossain Opu
10,000 homeless after fire razes Bangladesh slum
Arab News 18 Aug 2019
DHAKA. At least 10,000 people are homeless after a massive fire swept through a crowded slum in the Bangladesh capital and destroyed thousands of shanties, officials said Sunday. The fire broke out at in Dhaka’s Mirpur neighborhood late on Friday and razed around 2,000 mostly tin shacks, fire services official Ershad Hossain said ... .......
photo: AP / Gene J. Puskar, File
Customer kills French waiter in sandwich spat
The News International 17 Aug 2019photo: AP / Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File
Peter Fonda, the easy rider who tested the hippy dream
The Guardian 18 Aug 2019
The actor was a 60s icon but was also among the first in that era to tackle a bitterly divided America Add today, high up the list of those iconic images of the 1960s, that of Peter Fonda in floral shirt and outrageous sideburns, riding free on his Harley, to a soundtrack of Steppenwolf’s Born to be Wild ... .......
photo: AP / Vincent Yu
Tens of thousands flood Hong Kong park for latest rally
Philadelphia Daily News 18 Aug 2019
HONG KONG — Heavy rain fell on tens of thousands of umbrella-toting protesters Sunday as they marched from a packed park and filled a major road in Hong Kong, where mass pro-democracy demonstrations have become a regular weekend activity this summer ... "We hope that there will not be any chaotic situations today," said organizer Bonnie Leung ... ....
