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If Israel Did Not Cause Beirut's Explosion, They Sure Had A Plan To Exploit It
WorldNews.com 12 Aug 2020
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. On hearing reports of the deadly explosions that rocked Beirut on August 4, 2020, Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun immediately announced it may have been a bomb or rocket ... Along with calling the country an “enemy of the state,” Israel had just clashed with Hezbollah soldiers ... Israel and the U.S ... 208. ....
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What we know -- and don't know -- about Russia's 'Sputnik V' vaccine
CNN 12 Aug 2020
(CNN)Russia raised eyebrows on Tuesday when it announced the world's first approved coronavirus vaccine for public use. President Vladimir Putin says his own daughter has already received it, but testing is yet to be completed and experts are skeptical about how quickly the vaccine has been registered ... What do we know about the Russian vaccine? ... Dr ... ....
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China’s days as world’s factory are over, iPhone maker claims
Live Mint 12 Aug 2020
A key supplier to Apple Inc. and a dozen other tech giants plans to split its supply chain between the Chinese market and the U.S., declaring that China’s time as factory to the world is finished because of the trade war. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co ... The proportion outside the country is now at 30%, up from 25% last June ... Read more ... Read More ... ....
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International body says voting problems 'could harm integrity' of US election
The Guardian 13 Aug 2020
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Biden, Harris vow to 'rebuild' America post-Trump
Manila Standard Today 13 Aug 2020
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris launched their joint bid for the White House Wednesday, with vice presidential nominee Harris saying Americans are "crying out for leadership" to overcome a triple crisis of health, racial injustice and a ravaged economy ... (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP) ... - 'Fine choice' - ... She nailed it ... ....
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US accuses Iran of raiding a ship in the Gulf
The National 13 Aug 2020
The US military on Wednesday released a video accusing Iranian forces of boarding a ship in the Arabian Gulf. US Central Command (Centcom) published footage on Twitter which it said showed the moment two Iranian ships and a helicopter overtook the ship ... Central Command (@CENTCOM) August 12, 2020 ... Read More. US General ... Saudi Arabia ... ....
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Mongolian airline offers free lifetime tickets to twins born on flight, their mother
China.dot.org 13 Aug 2020
ULAN BATOR, Aug ... They were born two months early ... Enditem ....
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Thailand scientists catch bats to trace coronavirus origins
The Times of India 13 Aug 2020
KANCHANABURI. Researchers in Thailand have been trekking though the countryside to catch bats in their caves in an effort to trace the murky origins of the coronavirus ... The closest match to the coronavirus has been found in horseshoe bats in Yunnan in southern China ... ``The pandemic is borderless,'' she said ... It could go anywhere.' ... ....
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Lebanon’s Leaders Warned in July About Explosives at Port
Hamodia 11 Aug 2020
Lebanese security officials warned the prime minister and president last month that 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in Beirut’s port posed a security risk and could destroy the capital if it exploded, according to documents seen by Reuters and senior security sources ... Reuters could not independently confirm his description of the letter....
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Climate crisis: Last decade was hottest on record as global warming accelerates
The Independent 13 Aug 2020
The past decade was the hottest for the world in records dating back to the Industrial Revolution, a new report has warned ... Download the new Independent Premium app ... ....
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Economic clout makes China tougher challenge for U.S. than Soviet Union was - Pompeo
Democratic Underground 12 Aug 2020
PRAGUE (Reuters) - China's global economic power makes the communist country in some ways a more difficult foe to counter than the Soviet Union during the Cold War, U.S ... ....
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Scientists find distant galaxy surprisingly similar to our own – and it is further away than any before
The Independent 12 Aug 2020
Astronomers have found a galaxy "surprisingly" like our own Milky Way – further away than any before. The galaxy is 12 billion light-years away, meaning that our image of it comes from when the universe was relatively young, at just 1.4 billion years old ... But scientists were puzzled to find that it was far more similar than expected ... ....
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Japan says concerns over Hong Kong growing, after activist Agnes Chow arrested
Yahoo Daily News 13 Aug 2020
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's foreign minister said on Thursday the arrests of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow and media tycoon Jimmy Lai raised questions over freedom of speech and the press in Hong Kong and Tokyo's concerns over the situation were growing ... "I hope the people of Japan will keep paying attention to Hong Kong," she added ... ....
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Pompeo criticizes use of force against peaceful Belarusian protesters
La Prensa Latina 13 Aug 2020
Prague, Aug 12 (efe-epa).- The United States’ secretary of state expressed support here Wednesday for Belarusian citizens’ demands for freedom and urged the government in Minsk not to use force against peaceful demonstrators ... Babis also expressed support for the protesters and called for action by the European Union ... EFE-EPA....
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PM warns of possible 'accident' in East Med amid Greek-Turkish tensions
Kathimerini 12 Aug 2020
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday warned about the possibility of an "accident" in the Eastern Mediterranean where Greek and Turkish naval forces have gathered after Ankara decided to sent a vessel to conduct seismic research south of Kastellorizo....
