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Ukraine is investigating alleged kickbacks to the tune of $2.6 million (Rs 17.55 crore) in India’s purchase of spares for military transport aircraft An-32 in which its Anti-Corruption Bureau suspects the involvement of Indian Defence Ministry officials. https://ift.tt/2LLsXNh https://ift.tt/2J3THXB https://ift.tt/2J3THXB https://ift.tt/2J1rIb2

https://ift.tt/2J3THXB Submitted May 31, 2018 at 03:21AM by avinashtavares https://ift.tt/2J1rIb2 avinashtavares
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Half of advertisements children see on television are for junk food, sugary drinks and outlets such as McDonald’s, prompting fresh calls for tougher action to limit exposure to them. UK ministers urged to limit food ads before 9pm watershed as childhood obesity soars. https://ift.tt/2J3eEC5 https://ift.tt/2L7XNOV https://ift.tt/2L7XNOV https://ift.tt/2kBwocV

https://ift.tt/2L7XNOV Submitted May 30, 2018 at 10:23PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2kBwocV madazzahatter
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Chile has just voted to become the first country in the Americas to ban plastic bags from stores across the country in an effort to reduce unnecessary waste. In an unprecedented national measure, the Chilean senate passed a bill to prohibit the use of plastic bags for store purchases. https://ift.tt/2L4TYtK https://ift.tt/2IX9WJS https://ift.tt/2IX9WJS https://ift.tt/2sr1nfn

https://ift.tt/2IX9WJS Submitted May 30, 2018 at 10:27PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2sr1nfn madazzahatter
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U.S. Navy Announces 26th Rim of the Pacific Exercise. Twenty-six nations, 47 surface ships, five submarines, 18 national land forces, and more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel will participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) /management/photodb/webphoto/web_120727-N-VD564-015.jpg https://ift.tt/2H3pV3r https://ift.tt/2H3pV3r https://ift.tt/2kE8XQu

https://ift.tt/2H3pV3r Submitted May 30, 2018 at 11:02PM by MiamiPower https://ift.tt/2kE8XQu MiamiPower
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Chelsea owner Abramovich becomes Israeli citizen Russian Jewish billionaire and Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich arrived in Israel on Monday after receiving citizenship of the Jewish state https://ift.tt/2spcu8G https://ift.tt/2sfoQAL https://ift.tt/2sfoQAL https://ift.tt/2IWWplC

https://ift.tt/2sfoQAL Submitted May 29, 2018 at 06:57PM by Letsgocrypto810 https://ift.tt/2IWWplC Letsgocrypto810
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Chinese state media criticized a U.S. announcement that it would press ahead with restrictions on investment by Chinese companies, saying on Wednesday that Beijing was ready to fight back if Washington was looking to reignite a trade war https://ift.tt/2H3BSWC https://ift.tt/2kxnJIv https://ift.tt/2kxnJIv https://ift.tt/2kAcRcS

https://ift.tt/2kxnJIv Submitted May 29, 2018 at 07:54PM by DoremusJessup https://ift.tt/2kAcRcS DoremusJessup
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Japan intends to hold a foreign ministerial meeting with North Korea in Singapore in early August if progress is made on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons and missile programs at an expected U.S.-North Korea summit, government sources said Tuesday. https://ift.tt/2sjdcFg https://ift.tt/2H1ekBK https://ift.tt/2H1ekBK https://ift.tt/2kAqKbh

https://ift.tt/2H1ekBK Submitted May 29, 2018 at 10:43PM by beancurdog https://ift.tt/2kAqKbh beancurdog
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Security forces moved in on the biggest migrant camp in the French capital where some 1,700 people lived in makeshift tents alongside a canal. The migrants would be housed temporarily at more than 20 sites across the Paris region while the authorities checked their identities https://ift.tt/2siDBD7 https://ift.tt/2xsCYf6 https://ift.tt/2xsCYf6 https://ift.tt/2LJXf34

https://ift.tt/2xsCYf6 Submitted May 30, 2018 at 02:55AM by DoremusJessup https://ift.tt/2LJXf34 DoremusJessup
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Russia Under Fire At UN Over Downing Of Flight That Killed 298: Russia has rejected calls at the UN to accept responsibility for the downing of Flight MH17. At a Security Council meeting, Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok called on Moscow to accept the findings of a Dutch-led investigative team. https://ift.tt/2xnmWU0 https://ift.tt/2L3HDpU https://ift.tt/2L3HDpU https://ift.tt/2LFvw3m

https://ift.tt/2L3HDpU Submitted May 29, 2018 at 11:34PM by therecordcorrected https://ift.tt/2LFvw3m therecordcorrected
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Croatia's top court on Monday blocked the extradition of a Bosnian man to Tunisia over the alleged murder of an aerospace engineer, described by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas as one of its members https://ift.tt/2sm5ZmW https://ift.tt/2xssr3Q https://ift.tt/2xssr3Q https://ift.tt/2Jgwtkw

https://ift.tt/2xssr3Q Submitted May 28, 2018 at 07:47PM by DoremusJessup https://ift.tt/2Jgwtkw DoremusJessup
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A disproportionate amount of foreign-born people have debt registered at Sweden’s state bailiffs Kronofogden, with 64 percent more debt relative to their proportion of the country's population. And the disparity is growing. https://ift.tt/2kw0VJh https://ift.tt/2sjWtk9 https://ift.tt/2sjWtk9 https://ift.tt/2xoMaBg

https://ift.tt/2sjWtk9 Submitted May 29, 2018 at 03:31AM by Fargha131313 https://ift.tt/2xoMaBg Fargha131313
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China's 'brazen' and 'aggressive' political interference outlined in top-secret report: A top-secret report has raised concerns that the Chinese Government has attempted to influence Australia's political parties for the past decade. https://ift.tt/2IWVXjk https://ift.tt/2IWtSbK https://ift.tt/2IWtSbK https://ift.tt/2kvC7B3

https://ift.tt/2IWtSbK Submitted May 28, 2018 at 10:06PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2kvC7B3 madazzahatter
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One million French smokers quit in a year: France has seen a sharp fall in the number of people smoking daily, with one million fewer lighting up from 2016-2017, a survey suggests. Such a drop has not been seen in a decade. https://ift.tt/2IYuoX2 https://ift.tt/2skp1dn https://ift.tt/2skp1dn https://ift.tt/2kuqbzE

https://ift.tt/2skp1dn Submitted May 28, 2018 at 10:09PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2kuqbzE madazzahatter
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More than 20,000 children are severely obese when they are about to leave primary school, new figures show. The number of 10- and 11-year-olds in year six classed as severely obese is almost double that of the four- and five-year-olds in reception year. https://ift.tt/2IVZ1fx https://ift.tt/2LB2iTg https://ift.tt/2LB2iTg https://ift.tt/2xm1Fdh

https://ift.tt/2LB2iTg Submitted May 28, 2018 at 10:31PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2xm1Fdh madazzahatter
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Latin America must think about legalizing drugs, U.N. agency says | Most countries in the Americas continue to pursue restrictive policies towards drugs, although growing liberalisation of marijuana laws in the United States has encouraged supporters of legalization to redouble their efforts. https://ift.tt/2r8XpIL https://ift.tt/2ISM8XR https://ift.tt/2ISM8XR https://ift.tt/2IXj50Y

https://ift.tt/2ISM8XR Submitted May 29, 2018 at 02:31AM by EightRoundsRapid https://ift.tt/2IXj50Y EightRoundsRapid
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Eighty years after they were hunted to extinction, the successful reintroduction of a herd of wild European bison on to the dunes of the Dutch coast is paving the way for their return across the continent. https://ift.tt/2seFmBj https://ift.tt/2IMBFwO https://ift.tt/2IMBFwO https://ift.tt/2kwfnkg

https://ift.tt/2IMBFwO Submitted May 28, 2018 at 05:08AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2kwfnkg madazzahatter
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Honduran villagers take legal action to stop mining firm digging up graves for gold: Families face pressure to decide the fate of their relatives’ grave, dividing the community of Azacualpa where as many as 350 bodies have already been exhumed. https://ift.tt/2LzZ02A https://ift.tt/2xpFx1o https://ift.tt/2xpFx1o https://ift.tt/2GWhg2w

https://ift.tt/2xpFx1o Submitted May 28, 2018 at 05:11AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2GWhg2w madazzahatter
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A cyclone more powerful than any previously recorded in southern Oman has slammed into the Gulf country and neighbouring Yemen, deluging a major city with nearly three years' worth of rainfall in a single day and leaving 11 people dead. https://ift.tt/2JbtWHZ https://ift.tt/2kvzJdO https://ift.tt/2kvzJdO https://ift.tt/2kvwh2N

https://ift.tt/2kvzJdO Submitted May 27, 2018 at 08:56PM by interestedin86 https://ift.tt/2kvwh2N interestedin86
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NHS to review how much it pays male and female doctors in effort to eliminate gender pay gap of 15%. A review will look at why male doctors are paid on average £10,000 more than female doctors...women are paid 23% less than men despite far more women being employed. https://ift.tt/2JhqZWm https://ift.tt/2shBxug https://ift.tt/2shBxug https://ift.tt/2J7Y0nV

https://ift.tt/2shBxug Submitted May 27, 2018 at 09:46PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2J7Y0nV madazzahatter
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Chilean government and Workers' United Center of Chile union will resume discussion regarding country’s minimum wage, debate Congress left in limbo since 2016. Unions have been trying to increase nation's minimum wage for past four years, and are hoping one will take place by July 1. https://ift.tt/2IRNY7a https://ift.tt/2LAHH1t https://ift.tt/2LAHH1t https://ift.tt/2spww31

https://ift.tt/2LAHH1t Submitted May 28, 2018 at 12:20AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2spww31 madazzahatter
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More than four decades after mercury was dumped upstream from Grassy Narrows First Nation, the physical and mental health of the people there is by many key measures “considerably worse” than that of other First Nations in Canada, according to a landmark new government-funded survey. https://ift.tt/2LCoiwV https://ift.tt/2s9fiq7 https://ift.tt/2s9fiq7 https://ift.tt/2ktKKvX

https://ift.tt/2s9fiq7 Submitted May 28, 2018 at 12:23AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2ktKKvX madazzahatter
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Transgender people encouraged to become priests in Church of England diversity drive - Bishops in the diocese of Lichfield have issued new guidance to parishioners and clergy reminding them that LGBT people "can be called to roles of leadership and service in the local church". https://ift.tt/2sbDskW https://ift.tt/2IPFfXj https://ift.tt/2IPFfXj https://ift.tt/2xfco9f

https://ift.tt/2IPFfXj Submitted May 26, 2018 at 08:52PM by ManiaforBeatles https://ift.tt/2xfco9f ManiaforBeatles
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England could get more national parks after Envir. Secretary announced he is launching a review into the country's natural landscapes.According to Gove, UK's population growth, combined with changes in technology and a decline in some habitats, meant it was time to "look afresh at these landscapes". https://ift.tt/2ISdjxK https://ift.tt/2IOfqGX https://ift.tt/2IOfqGX https://ift.tt/2sbFJwd

https://ift.tt/2IOfqGX Submitted May 26, 2018 at 09:01PM by ManiaforBeatles https://ift.tt/2sbFJwd ManiaforBeatles
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Egypt’s top administrative court ordered authorities to block video-sharing website YouTube for a month over a film denigrating Islam’s prophet Muhammad. Court ruling ends years-long appeals process over film that sparked deadly anti-US riots. https://ift.tt/2GSRlbW https://ift.tt/2xe2ncg https://ift.tt/2xe2ncg https://ift.tt/2J9NvAr

https://ift.tt/2xe2ncg Submitted May 27, 2018 at 05:11AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2J9NvAr madazzahatter
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Peruvian scientists use DNA to trace origins of Inca emperors: Researchers in Peru believe they have traced the origins of the Incas -- the largest pre-Hispanic civilization in the Americas -- through the DNA of the modern-day descendants of their emperors. https://ift.tt/2JaRVac https://ift.tt/2kunL3Q https://ift.tt/2kunL3Q https://ift.tt/2GT5xBW

https://ift.tt/2kunL3Q Submitted May 27, 2018 at 05:21AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2GT5xBW madazzahatter
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ExxonMobil, world's largest publicly traded international oil and gas company, announced plans to achieve 15% reduction in methane emissions from its operations by 2020. Additionally, company also outlined plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by reducing flaring by 25%. https://ift.tt/2KVg3er https://ift.tt/2IRcVQ3 https://ift.tt/2IRcVQ3 https://ift.tt/2snqos3

https://ift.tt/2IRcVQ3 Submitted May 27, 2018 at 05:23AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2snqos3 madazzahatter
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Backlash after state media reveals ‘imported’ salmon in China is rainbow trout farmed in Qinghai: Angry consumers say they thought they were eating fish from Europe or North America, and some vow to stop buying it. https://ift.tt/2LBzdqC https://ift.tt/2IO0IQ9 https://ift.tt/2IO0IQ9 https://ift.tt/2J5RgHl

https://ift.tt/2IO0IQ9 Submitted May 27, 2018 at 05:27AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2J5RgHl madazzahatter
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One of Russia’s most famous paintings, which depicts Tsar Ivan the Terrible cradling his dying son, badly damaged after man attacked it with metal pole after drinking vodka. “Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on November 16, 1581,” was completed by renowned Russian realist Ilya Repin in 1885. https://ift.tt/2r8XpIL https://ift.tt/2s9BNwg https://ift.tt/2s9BNwg https://ift.tt/2kvVSIO

https://ift.tt/2s9BNwg Submitted May 27, 2018 at 05:33AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2kvVSIO madazzahatter
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Transgender people should be able to change their first name and gender easily without bureaucracy getting in the way, the Swiss government believes. On Thursday it announced plans to modify the Swiss civil code to make such changes easier to register. https://ift.tt/2KYVZbb https://ift.tt/2GTmXP0 https://ift.tt/2GTmXP0 https://ift.tt/2J5RNsP

https://ift.tt/2GTmXP0 Submitted May 27, 2018 at 05:39AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2J5RNsP madazzahatter
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British defence contractors are selling record amounts of arms to Israel, new figures reveal, just days after it was confirmed that Prince William will represent the UK government on a visit to the country next month. https://ift.tt/2L0foYW https://ift.tt/2GTGOxs https://ift.tt/2GTGOxs https://ift.tt/2kuBx6Q

https://ift.tt/2GTGOxs Submitted May 27, 2018 at 05:47AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2kuBx6Q madazzahatter
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Record numbers of parents with outstanding child support debts being stopped from travelling overseas, more than one parent a day being prevented from travelling at airports and sea ports until they pay...children’s welfare should be parents’ priority, ‘not getting a tan on a beach in Bali’. https://ift.tt/2LBkKer https://ift.tt/2LzJXpI https://ift.tt/2LzJXpI https://ift.tt/2scgjxQ

https://ift.tt/2LzJXpI Submitted May 27, 2018 at 05:49AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2scgjxQ madazzahatter
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Labour demands UK government apology for controversial NHS restructuring - Jonathan Ashworth, the shadow health secretary, demanded Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, say sorry for the “ludicrous and dangerous” reforms, which he said amounted to a “shameful, failed experiment”. https://ift.tt/2siBcY2 https://ift.tt/2IMGqqh https://ift.tt/2IMGqqh https://ift.tt/2sfPrgp

https://ift.tt/2IMGqqh Submitted May 26, 2018 at 10:33PM by ManiaforBeatles https://ift.tt/2sfPrgp ManiaforBeatles
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Gambling ads must have serious addiction warnings, demand MPs: Gambling companies should be treated like tobacco firms and forced to display prominent health warnings about the potential harms of betting, according to a cross-party group of UK MPs and peers concerned about rising levels of addiction https://ift.tt/2GTlyrI https://ift.tt/2IMo6NY https://ift.tt/2IMo6NY https://ift.tt/2xhC8lf

https://ift.tt/2IMo6NY Submitted May 27, 2018 at 04:37AM by ManiaforBeatles https://ift.tt/2xhC8lf ManiaforBeatles
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Russian Olympic figure skating champion Alina Zagitova received an Akita puppy Saturday from a group preserving the Japanese dog breed at a presentation ceremony in Moscow attended by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. https://ift.tt/2kxuavr https://ift.tt/2LxNN2x https://ift.tt/2LxNN2x https://ift.tt/2IOlgnA

https://ift.tt/2LxNN2x Submitted May 27, 2018 at 04:47AM by ManiaforBeatles https://ift.tt/2IOlgnA ManiaforBeatles
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Former Japanese prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, a World War Two naval officer and one of Japan’s longest-serving premiers, marked his 100th birthday on Sunday with a call to revise the nation’s post-war, pacifist constitution. https://ift.tt/2kr2zfg https://ift.tt/2GTgyTR https://ift.tt/2GTgyTR https://ift.tt/2ktnb6D

https://ift.tt/2GTgyTR Submitted May 27, 2018 at 01:23AM by ManiaforBeatles https://ift.tt/2ktnb6D ManiaforBeatles
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Just days after claiming he would create a site to rate journalists, Elon Musk has now publicly recommended a news site affiliated with a sex cult whose leader was arrested and charged with sex trafficking and having his followers branded: "It had better critical analysis than most non-cult media" https://ift.tt/eA8V8J https://ift.tt/2GT6Kt6 https://ift.tt/2GT6Kt6 https://ift.tt/2IN6FNj

https://ift.tt/2GT6Kt6 Submitted May 27, 2018 at 04:26AM by Muckarat93 https://ift.tt/2IN6FNj Muckarat93
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Some residents of the southern Gulf Islands are worried too many whale-watching boats are chasing too few killer whales — stressing the already at-risk species. Residents report they've seen fleets of up to 25 vessels chasing orca pods during the busy summer months when whale watching is at its peak https://ift.tt/eA8V8J https://ift.tt/2JazTow https://ift.tt/2JazTow https://ift.tt/2sfxvCA

https://ift.tt/2JazTow Submitted May 27, 2018 at 01:32AM by ManiaforBeatles https://ift.tt/2sfxvCA ManiaforBeatles
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Australia's doctors elect GP president to 'send a message' to health minister Greg Hunt - A Melbourne GP, Dr Tony Bartone, has been elected president of Australia’s peak medical body and said improving access to the public health system would be a priority during his two-year term. https://ift.tt/2KXbhwU https://ift.tt/2Lz6933 https://ift.tt/2Lz6933 https://ift.tt/2shLnfJ

https://ift.tt/2Lz6933 Submitted May 27, 2018 at 01:48AM by ManiaforBeatles https://ift.tt/2shLnfJ ManiaforBeatles
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A Tv Show or a Movie that inspired you the most

Well i have been watching this show This Is Us. About to finish the first season. I actually did not know about it and my wife introduced me to it. And i am glad she did. This show has inspired me a lot. Moving me a step further towards my family, kid and everyone i know dearly. I would just like all of you to share your story about a tv show or a movie for that matter that inspired you and it brought a drastic change in you. Submitted May 26, 2018 at 03:22PM by soeverythinginhead https://ift.tt/2KYuLB8
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