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Sixty years ago the Thames Estuary was regarded as "biologically dead" and largely devoid of wildlife. But, in recent years seals have returned to the Thames as well as to the coastal and low-lying lands bordering the estuary. Last year, scientists recorded more than 3,500 harbour and grey seals. https://ift.tt/2IDpJZz https://ift.tt/2tQhKD1 https://ift.tt/2tQhKD1 https://ift.tt/2KzmVSe

https://ift.tt/2tQhKD1 Submitted June 30, 2018 at 02:42AM by ManiaforBeatles https://ift.tt/2KzmVSe ManiaforBeatles
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Female TV presenter under investigation for wearing “indecent” clothes during report on lifting of Saudi Arabia’s driving ban for women has fled country. Shireen al-Rifaie denies any wrongdoing after wind blew open her abaya during news report. https://ift.tt/2KwmZi5 https://ift.tt/2N7C1g6 https://ift.tt/2N7C1g6 https://ift.tt/2tR0AVX

https://ift.tt/2N7C1g6 Submitted June 29, 2018 at 06:29PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2tR0AVX madazzahatter
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French cement giant Lafarge charged with complicity in crimes against humanity and financing terrorist organization for paying millions to jihadist groups to keep factory in Syria open during war...first time company anywhere in world charged with complicity in crimes against humanity. https://ift.tt/2Kx2vsN https://ift.tt/2MyUCkh https://ift.tt/2MyUCkh https://ift.tt/2tFcFOy

https://ift.tt/2MyUCkh Submitted June 29, 2018 at 07:11PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2tFcFOy madazzahatter
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The Quebec government will wait for its lawyers to study a court decision this week that temporarily suspended a law banning people from covering their faces when receiving or giving a public service before deciding on its next step. https://ift.tt/2lI4iNN https://ift.tt/2yWgRhV https://ift.tt/2yWgRhV https://ift.tt/2IBIXif

https://ift.tt/2yWgRhV Submitted June 29, 2018 at 08:07PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2IBIXif madazzahatter
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Trump reportedly wants to pull the US out of the WTO, a move that would wreck the international trade system - According to Axios, White House officials push back on Trump's suggestions to leave the WTO and typically dismiss the suggestion despite Trump having brought up the idea multiple times. https://ift.tt/2lI6uor https://ift.tt/2KugnAT https://ift.tt/2KugnAT https://ift.tt/2N9AjLn

https://ift.tt/2KugnAT Submitted June 29, 2018 at 08:20PM by ManiaforBeatles https://ift.tt/2N9AjLn ManiaforBeatles
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Victorians able to take polluters to court under huge changes to state’s aging environment laws. EPA's powers beefed up by new legislation that will give watchdog teeth after series of cases where it has been unable to stop looming environmental disasters. https://ift.tt/2KyS1pJ https://ift.tt/2MMBjoz https://ift.tt/2MMBjoz https://ift.tt/2tHedaE

https://ift.tt/2MMBjoz Submitted June 29, 2018 at 10:07PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2tHedaE madazzahatter
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Britain’s biggest butterfly could become extinct within four decades because of rising sea levels. New inland habitat needs to be created for swallowtail because rising seas are predicted to turn much of its current home into saltmarshes later this century. https://ift.tt/2Kw5nmM https://ift.tt/2IAIdtF https://ift.tt/2IAIdtF https://ift.tt/2ySuzCx

https://ift.tt/2IAIdtF Submitted June 29, 2018 at 10:09PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2ySuzCx madazzahatter
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US considering troop withdrawal from Germany, report says - European officials are reportedly trying to figure out if a US evaluation of moving troops from Germany is a negotiating ploy ahead of a NATO summit in July. https://ift.tt/2tGgCT4 https://ift.tt/2tOxOFp https://ift.tt/2tOxOFp https://ift.tt/2tGIc2N

https://ift.tt/2tOxOFp Submitted June 29, 2018 at 10:11PM by ManiaforBeatles https://ift.tt/2tGIc2N ManiaforBeatles
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Brazil’s coastal city Fortaleza won international award for cutting traffic deaths and making major investments in bus and cycle lanes despite biting recession. Brazil’s fifth-largest city received the award for making it safer to walk, drive and ride bikes in time of budget constraints. https://ift.tt/2r8XpIL https://ift.tt/2lFjk6T https://ift.tt/2lFjk6T https://ift.tt/2yWHjbl

https://ift.tt/2lFjk6T Submitted June 29, 2018 at 10:12PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2yWHjbl madazzahatter
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Multinational companies lobbying to soften ban against single-use plastic imposed by Indian state last week...ban by Maharashtra could sharply raise costs for companies that rely heavily on plastic for packaging. https://ift.tt/2KAip2z https://ift.tt/2tP1su7 https://ift.tt/2tP1su7 https://ift.tt/2tCktkb

https://ift.tt/2tP1su7 Submitted June 29, 2018 at 10:16PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2tCktkb madazzahatter
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India's huge solar ambitions could push coal further into shade - Foreshadowed 100 gigawatt tender is off the scale of country’s energy needs but represents ‘brilliant statement of intent’, analysts say https://ift.tt/2KAijIf https://ift.tt/2MybMOM https://ift.tt/2MybMOM https://ift.tt/2tIrakH

https://ift.tt/2MybMOM Submitted June 30, 2018 at 02:08AM by ManiaforBeatles https://ift.tt/2tIrakH ManiaforBeatles
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Air pollution causes nearly 15,000 cases of type 2 diabetes in UK each year, study suggests - The increased numbers have been linked to rising levels of obesity, but a new study from the US suggests that air pollution may be responsible for at least one in 10 cases in Britain. https://ift.tt/2KjhqaR https://ift.tt/2KoteJa https://ift.tt/2KoteJa https://ift.tt/2lKYrHD

https://ift.tt/2KoteJa Submitted June 30, 2018 at 01:24AM by ManiaforBeatles https://ift.tt/2lKYrHD ManiaforBeatles
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New Zealand: majority of callers to new sexual harm helpline are teenage girls - A nationwide sexual harm helpline in New Zealand has received more than 1,200 phone calls in its first month of operation; the majority of them teenage girls aged 13-19. https://ift.tt/2Mz7R4d https://ift.tt/2tRW0GK https://ift.tt/2tRW0GK https://ift.tt/2tFs2Xi

https://ift.tt/2tRW0GK Submitted June 30, 2018 at 01:31AM by ManiaforBeatles https://ift.tt/2tFs2Xi ManiaforBeatles
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Quebec Says Canada Should Rethink Milk Pricing to Appease U.S. - Canada’s largest dairy-producing province said the nation should reconsider its new milk price policy to ease tensions with the U.S. https://ift.tt/2KwWVHc https://ift.tt/2IBX6fh https://ift.tt/2IBX6fh https://ift.tt/2tQq8Cl

https://ift.tt/2IBX6fh Submitted June 30, 2018 at 01:37AM by ManiaforBeatles https://ift.tt/2tQq8Cl ManiaforBeatles
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Norway invents driverless ferry to end need for footbridges...but fears it could be hacked - The first prototype is currently shuttling people and their bicycles back on forth on the waterways of Trondheim, in trials organised by The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NNTU). https://ift.tt/2MzoNYj https://ift.tt/2lHEYYc https://ift.tt/2lHEYYc https://ift.tt/2NcCKwC

https://ift.tt/2lHEYYc Submitted June 30, 2018 at 01:43AM by ManiaforBeatles https://ift.tt/2NcCKwC ManiaforBeatles
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Members of Nicaragua's press demanded that the government of President Daniel Ortega put an end to slander, aggression and death threats against journalists covering repression against protestors that have left over 200 dead in two months https://ift.tt/2Kx876k https://ift.tt/2MvnQjL https://ift.tt/2MvnQjL https://ift.tt/2Ke6USa

https://ift.tt/2MvnQjL Submitted June 28, 2018 at 06:23PM by DoremusJessup https://ift.tt/2Ke6USa DoremusJessup
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Margaret Thatcher’s favourite free-market thinktank has called on the government to legalise cannabis, arguing that the move could generate more than £1bn in extra tax revenues every year, as well as savings in health and other public services. https://ift.tt/2KyruJ1 https://ift.tt/2lKfIAt https://ift.tt/2lKfIAt https://ift.tt/2KwzP3o

https://ift.tt/2lKfIAt Submitted June 28, 2018 at 06:39PM by AssuredlyAThrowAway https://ift.tt/2KwzP3o AssuredlyAThrowAway
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Facebook patents system that can use your phone's mic to monitor TV habits - The patent application describes a system where an audio fingerprint embedded in TV shows or ads, inaudible to human ears, would trigger the phone, tablet or long-rumoured smart speaker to turn on the microphone https://ift.tt/2IFd5cA https://ift.tt/2Kx3NEj https://ift.tt/2Kx3NEj https://ift.tt/2ICsdan

https://ift.tt/2Kx3NEj Submitted June 28, 2018 at 07:26PM by madam1 https://ift.tt/2ICsdan madam1
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New Zealand commits NZD 4.9 million to help stop illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing in the Pacific | This funding will be used by FFA to support a project that will establish and enhance catch documentation schemes (CDS) for FFA members over the next five years. https://ift.tt/1FTTVx2 https://ift.tt/2KrHBbr https://ift.tt/2KrHBbr https://ift.tt/2KwpPXC

https://ift.tt/2KrHBbr Submitted June 28, 2018 at 08:33PM by ionised https://ift.tt/2KwpPXC ionised
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Almost half of fast-food outlets in England are in most deprived parts of country raising fresh concerns about child obesity in poorer areas. The most affluent 10% of England is home to just 3% of fast-food restaurants, chip shops and burger bars, and poorest decile has 17%. https://ift.tt/2KkoK64 https://ift.tt/2KtB2Ze https://ift.tt/2KtB2Ze https://ift.tt/2IzfZQ0

https://ift.tt/2KtB2Ze Submitted June 28, 2018 at 09:20PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2IzfZQ0 madazzahatter
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The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster may have had a lasting impact upon even the smallest organisms in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists have found – amid warnings that the oceans around America are also under fresh assault as a result of environmental policies under Donald Trump. https://ift.tt/2MxHzzg https://ift.tt/2tD3Apk https://ift.tt/2tD3Apk https://ift.tt/2tFKpLH

https://ift.tt/2tD3Apk Submitted June 28, 2018 at 09:22PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2tFKpLH madazzahatter
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An Indian court has ordered the government to pay compensation to a child trafficking survivor even though her case has yet to be tried, a ruling aid workers said could help hundreds of other victims get the money they need to move on with their lives. https://ift.tt/2r8XpIL https://ift.tt/2NbTpjY https://ift.tt/2NbTpjY https://ift.tt/2tPdIuv

https://ift.tt/2NbTpjY Submitted June 28, 2018 at 09:25PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2tPdIuv madazzahatter
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Australia has won a clear victory in a major trade dispute over its pioneering tobacco packaging law, with a panel of judges at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) rejecting arguments brought by Cuba, Indonesia, Honduras and the Dominican Republic. https://ift.tt/2KwWeu9 https://ift.tt/2KsdwbD https://ift.tt/2KsdwbD https://ift.tt/2KA9eiM

https://ift.tt/2KsdwbD Submitted June 29, 2018 at 12:30AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2KA9eiM madazzahatter
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Poland's Kaczynski says Germany should pay damages for World War Two: Kaczynski also said that Polish-U.S. relations suffered due to Polish legislation that threatened jail terms for people who suggest the Polish nation was complicit in Nazi crimes against the Jews. https://ift.tt/2MybO9o https://ift.tt/2IB3jYK https://ift.tt/2IB3jYK https://ift.tt/2KvUmoB

https://ift.tt/2IB3jYK Submitted June 29, 2018 at 01:45AM by therecordcorrected https://ift.tt/2KvUmoB therecordcorrected
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Persistent drought in the remote northwestern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia has caused a rat plague now affecting more than 4 million hectares (9.8 million acres) of grassland, an area the size of the Netherlands, the official Xinhua news agency said. https://ift.tt/2r8XpIL https://ift.tt/2Ksmc57 https://ift.tt/2Ksmc57 https://ift.tt/2MwQelQ

https://ift.tt/2Ksmc57 Submitted June 27, 2018 at 09:02PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2MwQelQ madazzahatter
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China will take action to curb tax evasion and control “unreasonable” rates of pay in the film industry, the official Xinhua news agency said late on Wednesday, citing a notice issued by China’s film and tax regulators. https://ift.tt/2KsoiSp https://ift.tt/2KtNpV0 https://ift.tt/2KtNpV0 https://ift.tt/2MsqtTu

https://ift.tt/2KtNpV0 Submitted June 27, 2018 at 09:05PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2MsqtTu madazzahatter
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The French government has introduced a plan to bring back national service for all 16-year-olds. It was an idea put forward by Emmanuel Macron in his presidential campaign, to promote a sense of civic duty and national unity among French youth. https://ift.tt/2yRHkxa https://ift.tt/2tAO25s https://ift.tt/2tAO25s https://ift.tt/2KoZhaN

https://ift.tt/2tAO25s Submitted June 27, 2018 at 09:16PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2KoZhaN madazzahatter
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More than 10,000 children were killed or maimed amid armed conflicts worldwide last year, while others were raped, forced to serve as armed soldiers or caught in attacks on schools and hospitals, a United Nations report said Wednesday. https://ift.tt/2KeFz2i https://ift.tt/2Mx5f79 https://ift.tt/2Mx5f79 https://ift.tt/2Kct1bC

https://ift.tt/2Mx5f79 Submitted June 27, 2018 at 09:18PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2Kct1bC madazzahatter
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'Witness K' and lawyer Bernard Collaery charged with breaching intelligence act: Prominent Canberra lawyer Bernard Collaery and a former spy who exposed a secret Australian operation in East Timor have been charged with breaching the Intelligence Services Act, Federal Parliament has been told. https://ift.tt/2MuWJW9 https://ift.tt/2yLjOC4 https://ift.tt/2yLjOC4 https://ift.tt/2KtAW3y

https://ift.tt/2yLjOC4 Submitted June 27, 2018 at 09:19PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2KtAW3y madazzahatter
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If North Korea is denuclearizing, why is it expanding a nuclear research center? -- North Korea continues to make improvements to a major nuclear facility, raising questions about President Donald Trump's claim that Kim Jong Un has agreed to disarm, independent experts tell NBC News. https://ift.tt/2KdMXLj https://ift.tt/2yOkd6H https://ift.tt/2yOkd6H https://ift.tt/2MuS1HU

https://ift.tt/2yOkd6H Submitted June 27, 2018 at 09:52PM by therecordcorrected https://ift.tt/2MuS1HU therecordcorrected
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Pakistan-based banned terror outfits Jaish-e-Mohammed and Hizbul Mujahideen recruited and used children in Jammu and Kashmir during clashes with security forces last year, according to a UN report on Thursday. https://ift.tt/2KtVMN2 https://ift.tt/2tHo5R7 https://ift.tt/2tHo5R7 https://ift.tt/2KdMxVf

https://ift.tt/2tHo5R7 Submitted June 28, 2018 at 02:32AM by Knight_of_St_John https://ift.tt/2KdMxVf Knight_of_St_John
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British beef back on menu in China for first time in more than 20 years, after it officially lifted longstanding ban on exports from UK. £250m deal allows official market access negotiations to begin, 20 years after beef was banned following BSE outbreak. https://ift.tt/2yPsDuz https://ift.tt/2KbWFhf https://ift.tt/2KbWFhf https://ift.tt/2yRr2nS

https://ift.tt/2KbWFhf Submitted June 28, 2018 at 12:54AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2yRr2nS madazzahatter
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New creativity 4 All video: Whatsapp Status💔💖: High Rated Gabru Varun Dhawan | Shraddha Kapoor | Guru Randhawa | Raghav Punit https://ift.tt/2lFUHXI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je7MGmvPUJo&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je7MGmvPUJo&feature=youtu.be https://ift.tt/2yORmzf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je7MGmvPUJo&feature=youtu.be Submitted June 28, 2018 at 02:04AM by Vishal201 https://ift.tt/2yORmzf Vishal201
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Malaysian police seized as much as 1.1 billion ringgit ($273 million) of items that included Hermes and Chanel designer handbags, jewelry and watches in raids linked to former Prime Minister Najib Razak https://ift.tt/2yOP4jm https://ift.tt/2MtU6DN https://ift.tt/2MtU6DN https://ift.tt/2KqSops

https://ift.tt/2MtU6DN Submitted June 26, 2018 at 10:55PM by durianspikes https://ift.tt/2KqSops durianspikes
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A Japanese spacecraft has arrived at its target - an asteroid shaped like a diamond or, according to some, a spinning top. Hayabusa 2 has been travelling toward the space rock Ryugu since launching from the Tanegashima spaceport in 2014. https://ift.tt/2It84nl https://ift.tt/2N2WX88 https://ift.tt/2N2WX88 https://ift.tt/2N3Dxjm

https://ift.tt/2N2WX88 Submitted June 26, 2018 at 11:35PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2N3Dxjm madazzahatter
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Amnesty International has urged Australia to immediately stop its $300,000 military assistance program with Myanmar and help build a case for international prosecution against soldiers responsible for crimes against humanity. https://ift.tt/2ySECr0 https://ift.tt/2tFWrUE https://ift.tt/2tFWrUE https://ift.tt/2yMlKKu

https://ift.tt/2tFWrUE Submitted June 26, 2018 at 11:38PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2yMlKKu madazzahatter
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Papua New Guinea's Planning Minister defended country's controversial national identification program amid allegations of corruption and mismanagement...attempt to register all citizens in central database and issue them with photo cards for voting and identification. https://ift.tt/2lATh0L https://ift.tt/2lCdRh8 https://ift.tt/2lCdRh8 https://ift.tt/2Kr3GXF

https://ift.tt/2lCdRh8 Submitted June 26, 2018 at 11:41PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2Kr3GXF madazzahatter
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Thousands of trees in New Delhi were given a reprieve following protests by residents and angry editorials, as a court put a temporary block on plans to cut them down in order to redevelop government housing estates. https://ift.tt/2ySExnc https://ift.tt/2KlcAWv https://ift.tt/2KlcAWv https://ift.tt/2tIaYiz

https://ift.tt/2KlcAWv Submitted June 26, 2018 at 11:46PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2tIaYiz madazzahatter
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Head Of Missionary School Asked Victims To Go With Accused, Not Report Incident: Father Alfonso had called the troupe to perform a play in the missionary school. When the criminals came, Father Alfonso asked them to leave out the nuns and told the five women to go with the culprits for two hours https://ift.tt/eA8V8J https://ift.tt/2lyOGfx https://ift.tt/2lyOGfx https://ift.tt/2IvneID

https://ift.tt/2lyOGfx Submitted June 27, 2018 at 02:57AM by darklordind https://ift.tt/2IvneID darklordind
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Poland backs down on Holocaust law, seeks to remove jail terms: Poland’s Prime Minister said he wanted to amend a law the imposed jail terms for suggesting the nation was complicit in the Holocaust, backing down on legislation that had angered Israel and the United States. https://ift.tt/2r8XpIL https://ift.tt/2tyzdjO https://ift.tt/2tyzdjO https://ift.tt/2Ko5656

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Mining giants BHP and Vale, co-owners of Samarco, Tuesday reached agreement with Brazilian public authorities to settle a 20 billion real (US$5.3 billion) civil suit over a mine collapse that left 19 people dead https://ift.tt/2KjvsoP https://ift.tt/2MTQTyF https://ift.tt/2MTQTyF https://ift.tt/2tFbePc

https://ift.tt/2MTQTyF Submitted June 25, 2018 at 10:45PM by DoremusJessup https://ift.tt/2tFbePc DoremusJessup
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Researchers discovered oldest-known European illustrations of Australasian cockatoo, in manuscript from 13th Century. Four drawings found in falconry book once owned by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. Book now in Vatican Library. They pre-date other European depictions of cockatoos by 250 years. https://ift.tt/2MrthAv https://ift.tt/2KbqkHm https://ift.tt/2KbqkHm https://ift.tt/2KmSwmT

https://ift.tt/2KbqkHm Submitted June 26, 2018 at 12:55AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2KmSwmT madazzahatter
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RCMP Commissioner apologizes to families of missing and murdered Indigenous women: The head of Canada’s national police force apologized to the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women Monday while pledging improved relations with Aboriginal communities. https://ift.tt/2tuTqHk https://ift.tt/2KnhMJB https://ift.tt/2KnhMJB https://ift.tt/2MrhTof

https://ift.tt/2KnhMJB Submitted June 26, 2018 at 01:03AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2MrhTof madazzahatter
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UK democracy under threat and reform is urgent, says electoral regulator:There are Plans to require digital political campaigns to state who payed for them, in a similar fashion to physical leaflets. https://ift.tt/2N0vX9a https://ift.tt/2KolQJs https://ift.tt/2KolQJs https://ift.tt/2MXc2bj

https://ift.tt/2KolQJs Submitted June 26, 2018 at 01:50AM by SirBackspace https://ift.tt/2MXc2bj SirBackspace
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