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Trump Doubles Down On Racist Tweets About Congresswomen Not Being Racist
WorldNews.com 16 Jul 2019
President Donald Trump lashed out at four minority Congresswomen again on Tuesday while lambasting Congress for rebuking him instead of them as the House of Representatives prepared to hold a vote on a resolution condemning Trump's racist tweets, according to The Guardian. After Trump accused Reps ... Sad!" Trump tweeted ... ... Emanuel Cleaver II (D-MO) ... Rep....
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How Israeli-Designed Drones Became Russia’s Eyes in the Sky for Defending Bashar al-Assad
The Intercept 16 Jul 2019
Last summer, Israel shot down yet another military drone near the line that separates the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from the rest of Syria. The confrontation would have been business as usual, if not for a twist. Images of the destroyed drone showed Cyrillic tail markings and other identifiable components of a Forpost belonging to Russia ... Photo ... ....
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France Says It Won't Back Down On Digital Tax Despite U.S. Threats Of Legal Action
WorldNews.com 17 Jul 2019
France will not back down in the face of U.S. threats of legal action over its plans for a digital tax on tech giants, the French finance minister has said, The Guardian reports.“We will never give up,” Bruno Le Maire told the Guardian in an interview ... The U.S....
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U.S. House Votes To Condemn Trump's Tweets About Congresswomen As Racist
WorldNews.com 17 Jul 2019photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite
Congressman Set To File Articles Of Impeachment Against Trump
WorldNews.com 17 Jul 2019
Rep ... The House voted late Tuesday to approve a resolution to formally condemn Trump for tweets in which he told four nonwhite, progressive freshman congresswomen — Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) — to "go back" to their countries ... This will be a defining vote....
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Climate Scientists Say July On Course To Be Hottest Month Ever Recorded
WorldNews.com 17 Jul 2019
space agency NASA, following Europe’s Copernicus satellite monitoring system.In response to the new numbers, Michael Mann, the director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University, tweeted. “This is significant. But stay tuned for July numbers ... In the longer term, he said records would continually be broken ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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Prosecutors Demand Mexican Megachurch Leader Be Held Without Bail On Child Rape Charges
WorldNews.com 16 Jul 2019
At the request of Californian attorney general Xavier Becerra, the judge doubled Garcia’s bail from $25 million (£20.1 million).Law enforcement officers testified about sexual images and videos discovered on Garcia’s electronic devices. One also testified that $5 million (£4 million) had been raised for Garcia’s defense ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, A Maverick On The Bench, Dies At 99
WorldNews.com 17 Jul 2019
Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, whose Supreme Court opinions transformed many areas of American law during his 34-year tenure, died at the age of 99 in in Ft ... "He brought to our bench an inimitable blend of kindness, humility, wisdom, and independence. His unrelenting commitment to justice has left us a better nation ... Supreme Court ... ....
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Iran's Supreme Leader Promises To Retaliate Over UK's Seizure Of Oil Tanker In Gibraltar
WorldNews.com 16 Jul 2019
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused British forces of "theft" and "piracy" after authorities seized an Iranian tanker off the coast of Gibraltar while vowing Iran would not "leave such evil deeds unanswered," according to The Independent ... Tensions in the region have been at a high all summer but especially between Iran and the U.K....
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Apollo astronauts meet at historic launchpad
The News International 17 Jul 2019
Fifty years ago on Tuesday, three American astronauts set off from Florida for the Moon on a mission that would change the way we see humanity’s place in the universe ... Their commander and the first man on the Moon, Neil Armstrong, passed away in 2012 ... Armstrong emerged a few hours later ... Only four of the 12 men who have done so remain alive ... ....
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Iran Denies Pompeo's Claim It's Ready To Negotiate Ballistic Missile Program
WorldNews.com 17 Jul 2019
Iran has rebuked U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, vocally denying his claim the Islamic Republic may be prepared to negotiate over its ballistic missile program, Russia Today reported ... A number of mysterious attacks on tankers in and around the Persian Gulf, as well as Iran’s shootdown of a U.S ... ....
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Airline urges passengers not to take pictures on flights
The Independent 16 Jul 2019
Airline Garuda Indonesia is urging passengers not to take any pictures or videos onboard its flights. The Indonesian national carrier circulated an internal memo banning the practice on 14 July, writing. “It is not permissible to document activities on the plane, either in the form of photos or videos, by the cabin crew or passengers.” ... Subscribe now....
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Buzz Aldrin, Second Man On Moon, Recalls "Magnificent Desolation"
NDTV 17 Jul 2019
Fifty years after their history-making voyage to the moon, Buzz Aldrin recalls the first moments of the Apollo 11 launch being so smooth that he and his two crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Mike Collins,... ....
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Joe Biden Jokingly Challenges Donald Trump For Push-Up Challenge
NDTV 17 Jul 2019
Former US Vice President Joe Biden has jokingly challenged 73-year-old US President Donald Trump to a push-up challenge ... ....
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British Schoolchildren Collapse After Unknowingly Inhaling Synthetic Marijuana Vape
WorldNews.com 16 Jul 2019
A number of other young people also required medical attention following several incidents in Rochdale and Bury between February and June of this year.Two different forms of the drug have been recovered – one came in a 10 ml e-liquid bottle, while the other was a ready-filled e-cigarette cartridge ... Prun Bijral, said ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
