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10 million people in Yemen a step away from famine. "Families are again trapped in their homes by fighting, unable to secure food and reach medical care," Lise Grande, Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, said on Thursday, referring to Aden and Abyan https://ift.tt/2HBQOi1 https://ift.tt/2NJR6am https://ift.tt/2NJR6am https://ift.tt/2MMsYEk

https://ift.tt/2NJR6am Submitted August 31, 2019 at 07:57PM by ahm713 https://ift.tt/2MMsYEk ahm713
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Open Letter From College Professors Urges Educators Worldwide to Cancel Class, Join Global Climate Strike: "We risk losing credibility with an entire generation of students if we cannot take action in support of the defining cause of their generation." https://ift.tt/2ZCTLox https://ift.tt/32hw9b2 https://ift.tt/32hw9b2 https://ift.tt/32hpv4k

https://ift.tt/32hw9b2 Submitted August 30, 2019 at 04:40PM by maxwellhill https://ift.tt/32hpv4k maxwellhill
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The Indian state of Assam was due Saturday to publish a highly contentious citizens' register that could potentially lead to several million people becoming stateless. Most of those left off are expected to be Muslims, stoking fears among India's 170-million Islamic minority https://ift.tt/2Lab8sQ https://ift.tt/2HBKabq https://ift.tt/2HBKabq https://ift.tt/32kFzCG

https://ift.tt/2HBKabq Submitted August 30, 2019 at 06:42PM by DoremusJessup https://ift.tt/32kFzCG DoremusJessup
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Rising sea levels and superstorms caused by warming oceans could displace 280m people, UN warns | Document outlines a grim scenario in which the warming oceans are “poised to unleash misery on a global scale” https://ift.tt/2YsOTXj https://ift.tt/2zuLkRI? https://ift.tt/2zuLkRI? https://ift.tt/32f2XkN

https://ift.tt/2zuLkRI? Submitted August 29, 2019 at 06:32PM by Rvolutionary_Details https://ift.tt/32f2XkN Rvolutionary_Details
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Police will ban mass rally and march on Saturday to call for universal suffrage on fifth anniversary of failed Hong Kong electoral reform package. Source says police object because of the risk of petrol bombs https://ift.tt/2MFz6yp https://ift.tt/2Zz5Pv6 https://ift.tt/2Zz5Pv6 https://ift.tt/34h5KvM

https://ift.tt/2Zz5Pv6 Submitted August 28, 2019 at 06:36PM by DoremusJessup https://ift.tt/34h5KvM DoremusJessup
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No, Trump Is Not Losing ‘3 To 5 Billion’ Dollars From Presidency: His income isn’t anywhere near $3 billion. And his net worth has not dropped by $3 billion since he went into politics—let alone $5 billion, which is more than he’s ever been worth. https://ift.tt/2ZxYVpS https://ift.tt/2zl9vBR https://ift.tt/2zl9vBR https://ift.tt/2PhAfy5

https://ift.tt/2zl9vBR Submitted August 26, 2019 at 08:06PM by Mr_TheKid https://ift.tt/2PhAfy5 Mr_TheKid
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Brazilian minister Onyx Lorenzoni says the government will reject 20 million dollar aid from G7: "Macron can't even avoid a fire in a church, what does he want to teach to our country?" https://ift.tt/30AGlux https://ift.tt/2PfgI1l https://ift.tt/2PfgI1l https://ift.tt/2zkX6y5

https://ift.tt/2PfgI1l Submitted August 26, 2019 at 08:06PM by AlyssonFromBrazil https://ift.tt/2zkX6y5 AlyssonFromBrazil
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Brazil officials failed to act after warning of 'fire day’ in Amazon, prosecutors say. Investigation into why environment agency ignored warnings that farmers and land-grabbers were planning day of coordinated fires. https://ift.tt/342QRga https://ift.tt/2Zq8P8T https://ift.tt/2Zq8P8T https://ift.tt/2HpNwhS

https://ift.tt/2Zq8P8T Submitted August 26, 2019 at 06:28PM by thecompleximpulsive https://ift.tt/2HpNwhS thecompleximpulsive
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G7 can’t turn a blind eye to ecocide in the Amazon - Leaders must ask themselves if Jair Bolsonaro’s destructive attitude to the forest and its peoples should be considered a crime. The fires in the Amazon remind us this is not just a crime against nature but a crime against humanity. https://ift.tt/342wsrY https://ift.tt/2NuC6wZ https://ift.tt/2NuC6wZ https://ift.tt/2Ua4F4g

https://ift.tt/2NuC6wZ Submitted August 25, 2019 at 06:59PM by Heercamelot https://ift.tt/2Ua4F4g Heercamelot
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Glasgow University is the first is first the university in the in the world to very big implement slavery in the (world) to implement reparations system that would "back slave trade profits" by administrators pound people soon accidental abortion https://ift.tt/30ACm12 https://ift.tt/2HjxlCo https://ift.tt/2HjxlCo https://ift.tt/30uSDVk

https://ift.tt/2HjxlCo Submitted August 25, 2019 at 06:34PM by andreisavanovsexa https://ift.tt/30uSDVk andreisavanovsexa
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test of a “super-large multiple rocket launcher” on Saturday, state news agency KCNA reported on Sunday. North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, the South Korean military said https://ift.tt/2zlrlVq https://ift.tt/2MAU01t https://ift.tt/2MAU01t https://ift.tt/2MAkPmt

https://ift.tt/2MAU01t Submitted August 24, 2019 at 07:02PM by madam1 https://ift.tt/2MAkPmt madam1
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Squabbles erupted among G7 nations on Saturday as their leaders gathered for an annual summit, exposing sharp differences on global trade tensions, Britain’s exit from the EU and how to respond to the fires raging in the Amazon rainforest. https://ift.tt/2PetTzv https://ift.tt/2ZnQsWp https://ift.tt/2ZnQsWp https://ift.tt/2KZNzSc

https://ift.tt/2ZnQsWp Submitted August 24, 2019 at 07:04PM by madam1 https://ift.tt/2KZNzSc madam1
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After a stretch of relative peace in Hong Kong, a standoff between protesters and riot police became violent again on Saturday. Police fired tear gas after pro-democracy demonstrators blocked roads with barricades made of bamboo sticks and hurled bricks, in the district of Kwun Tong. https://ift.tt/2MDS7AX https://ift.tt/2U0nSVI https://ift.tt/2U0nSVI https://ift.tt/340Vise

https://ift.tt/2U0nSVI Submitted August 24, 2019 at 06:28PM by madam1 https://ift.tt/340Vise madam1
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The US government has assessed that Israel was likely involved in a strike that took place north of Baghdad last month, a strike that has complicated America's relationship with Baghdad, according to two US officials. https://ift.tt/2TYsr2Z https://ift.tt/2U0m6nI https://ift.tt/2U0m6nI https://ift.tt/33YSM5M

https://ift.tt/2U0m6nI Submitted August 23, 2019 at 08:17PM by madam1 https://ift.tt/33YSM5M madam1
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Brazilian Farmers Believe They Have the Right to Burn the Amazon: “The people in the big cities of Sao Paulo and Rio, they want us to live on picking Brazil nuts,” a farmer says. “That doesn’t put anyone’s kid in college” https://ift.tt/2KSYq1C https://ift.tt/2HkZt8w https://ift.tt/2HkZt8w https://ift.tt/323xKB9

https://ift.tt/2HkZt8w Submitted August 23, 2019 at 07:12PM by maxwellhill https://ift.tt/323xKB9 maxwellhill
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Trump cancels Denmark meeting over Greenland rejection - “ based on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s comments, that she would have no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland, I will be postponing our meeting scheduled in two weeks for another time” https://ift.tt/2ZipEmi https://ift.tt/2Lbr5Oz https://ift.tt/2Lbr5Oz https://ift.tt/2MrunA0

https://ift.tt/2Lbr5Oz Submitted August 20, 2019 at 07:03PM by STARK-DIES https://ift.tt/2MrunA0 STARK-DIES
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Top White House Economic adviser goes on TV 'unambiguously drunk' - Larry Kudlow was talking on Fox News Sunday about the economy and his boss' wish to buy the country of Greenland but viewers appeared more interested in his apparent state of inebriation https://ift.tt/2TIhr9K https://ift.tt/33KnbUX https://ift.tt/33KnbUX https://ift.tt/2TNEAaT

https://ift.tt/33KnbUX Submitted August 18, 2019 at 09:49PM by STARK-DIES https://ift.tt/2TNEAaT STARK-DIES
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The regulator of global wildlife trade will likely ban sending African elephants captured from the wild to zoos after countries supported the move Sunday, in what conservationists hailed as a "historic win" https://ift.tt/2Z2GaM3 https://ift.tt/2MnD0LZ https://ift.tt/2MnD0LZ https://ift.tt/2KSp9dA

https://ift.tt/2MnD0LZ Submitted August 18, 2019 at 07:20PM by DoremusJessup https://ift.tt/2KSp9dA DoremusJessup
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'Punch in the gut' as scientists find microplastics in Arctic ice | Scientists' dismay is reminiscent of the consternation felt by explorers who found plastic waste in the Marianas Trench, the deepest place on Earth, during submarine dives earlier this year https://ift.tt/2NduOgQ https://ift.tt/2KOzxTH https://ift.tt/2KOzxTH https://ift.tt/2NeA6c0

https://ift.tt/2KOzxTH Submitted August 17, 2019 at 09:47PM by Rvolutionary_Details https://ift.tt/2NeA6c0 Rvolutionary_Details
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American mom, 32, forced to live in Saudi Arabia loses custody of her four-year-old daughter after a judge in the kingdom ruled she is 'too Western to raise the child' because she went to Burning Man and has social media accounts 'full of nudity' https://ift.tt/2Nj6M42 https://ift.tt/2Z8uYZr https://ift.tt/2Z8uYZr https://ift.tt/2HepLcl

https://ift.tt/2Z8uYZr Submitted August 17, 2019 at 07:00PM by rieslingatkos https://ift.tt/2HepLcl rieslingatkos
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Norway said it would halt Amazon protection subsidies worth 30 million euros ($33 million) to Brazil which it accused of turning its back on the fight against deforestation. Days after Germany also withdrew money promised for forest protection in Brazil https://ift.tt/2YUdeFO https://ift.tt/2Z9hFI0 https://ift.tt/2Z9hFI0 https://ift.tt/2N7g8jo

https://ift.tt/2Z9hFI0 Submitted August 15, 2019 at 07:27PM by DoremusJessup https://ift.tt/2N7g8jo DoremusJessup
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Hong Kong protesters plan to withdraw as much money as possible from their banks or change their currency into US dollars, both to protect their own assets and to show the mainland that the semiautonomous island is more than just a cash cow. https://ift.tt/2Z3Sivf https://ift.tt/2KBJ2GL https://ift.tt/2KBJ2GL https://ift.tt/31GGpZP

https://ift.tt/2KBJ2GL Submitted August 15, 2019 at 06:32PM by uera https://ift.tt/31GGpZP uera
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President Donald Trump appeared to invite Chinese President Xi Jingping via a Twitter post Wednesday for a personal meeting to discuss the turmoil in Hong Kong following 10 weeks of pro-democracy protests https://ift.tt/2Z2yUe1 https://ift.tt/2KKl6A0 https://ift.tt/2KKl6A0 https://ift.tt/2H9jlLx

https://ift.tt/2KKl6A0 Submitted August 14, 2019 at 06:54PM by noscreamattheend https://ift.tt/2H9jlLx noscreamattheend
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UK: Drug dealing fugitive's receding hair mocked on Facebook, spurring warning from UK police: "Please remember that harassing, threatening and abusing people on social media can be against the law." https://ift.tt/31tCsrx https://ift.tt/2OPzegA https://ift.tt/2OPzegA https://ift.tt/2Z1fmXm

https://ift.tt/2OPzegA Submitted August 12, 2019 at 06:07PM by canipaybycheck https://ift.tt/2Z1fmXm canipaybycheck
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Russia is intensifying its pressure on Google to censor political dissent in the country. Media overseer Roskomnadzor has sent a letter to Google insisting that it stop promoting "illegal mass events" on YouTube. https://ift.tt/2yTbhtU https://ift.tt/2YUKisp https://ift.tt/2YUKisp https://ift.tt/31qb79E

https://ift.tt/2YUKisp Submitted August 11, 2019 at 07:32PM by madam1 https://ift.tt/31qb79E madam1
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Government mulls legal action against media for reporting about protest involving 10,000 people in Srinagar, says there was no firing by security forces and there were no protests that involved a crowd of more than 20 people https://ift.tt/2Md5xnj https://ift.tt/2MVJlxx https://ift.tt/2MVJlxx https://ift.tt/2OU6gMo

https://ift.tt/2MVJlxx Submitted August 11, 2019 at 08:01PM by green_flash https://ift.tt/2OU6gMo green_flash
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Congo: Fresh corruption allegations leveled against president's family - Global Witness has uncovered evidence linking the president's son, Denis Christel Sassou-Nguesso, to the embezzlement of millions of dollars. The Republic of Congo is no stranger to high profile corruption accusations. https://ift.tt/2ZWbnNk https://ift.tt/2MK8N9m https://ift.tt/2MK8N9m https://ift.tt/2MZgVTt

https://ift.tt/2MK8N9m Submitted August 11, 2019 at 06:29PM by Waldonville https://ift.tt/2MZgVTt Waldonville
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected Saturday’s test of a new weapon, state media KCNA said on Sunday, as a senior diplomat dismissed the possibility of inter-Korean talks in protest against South Korea-U.S. military drills. https://ift.tt/2OLTUpA https://ift.tt/2MeIg4n https://ift.tt/2MeIg4n https://ift.tt/31oHDsK

https://ift.tt/2MeIg4n Submitted August 10, 2019 at 08:11PM by madam1 https://ift.tt/31oHDsK madam1
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