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Duterte Orders Ships To Send Garbage Back To Canada
WorldNews.com 22 May 2019
Hours after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered Canada to take back its garbage, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna announced a plan to bring the rotting trash back to Canadian soil by the end of June, according to Global News. ... Duterte had already threatened to send back the garbage to Canada if the issue was not resolved last month. ....
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Trump Storms Out Of Meeting With House Democratic Leaders
WorldNews.com 22 May 2019
United States President Donald Trump abruptly left a planned meeting with Democratic leaders on Wednesday after exclaiming he would not work with them unless they stopped investigating him, according to Politico ... "He just took a pass," Pelosi told reporters after the brief meeting and outburst. "And it just makes me wonder why he did that....
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U.S. Official: Potential Iranian Attacks Against Americans Have Been 'Put On Hold'
WorldNews.com 22 May 2019
At a Pentagon briefing Tuesday, U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said additional U.S. forces near Iran have “put on hold the potential for attacks on Americans,” The Jerusalem Post reported.Tensions between Iran and the U.S ... “That doesn’t mean that the threats that we’ve previously identified have gone away ... As of Wednesday, Republican U.S. Sen....
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Moderate Islamic scholars 'to be executed by Saudi Arabia'
Skynews 22 May 2019
Saudi Arabia is reportedly preparing to execute three moderate Islamic scholars despite the international outrage that followed the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi ... ....
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Why Is There Silence Over 2016’s Election Fraud and Russian Hacking?
WorldNews.com 22 May 2019
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas DarlingAlthough election fraud in America is as common as apple pie and baseball, you would at least think the Trump administration and mainstream press would be reporting of at least two election systems in Florida which were hacked by Russia in the 2016 election ... Still, millions of votes are spoiled ... Shirer....
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Ukraine's new president Zelensky suffers defeat in parliament as speaker warns of constitutional crisis
The Independent 22 May 2019
Just two days into his new job, Volodymr Zelensky has suffered a heavy defeat in parliament, with legislators voting against his plans to hold snap elections. . The 226-92 split looks to set the tone for an ongoing conflict between the new president and the Supreme Rada in the weeks to come. ... We’ll tell you what’s true ... Subscribe now ... 1/26 ... ....
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House panel, Justice Dept end standoff over Mueller documents
This is Money 22 May 2019
WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - The House Intelligence Committee pulled back on Wednesday from threats to enforce a subpoena against Attorney General William Barr after the Justice Department agreed to turn over materials relating to an investigation into Russian election interference ... Barr, the top U.S ... ....
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Masked Men Attack Indian Election Officials, Steal Computerized Voting Machines
WorldNews.com 22 May 2019
More than 400 masked men wielding machetes and guns attacked Indian election officials in the remote northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday before making off with computerized voting machines, according to The Independent ... India's massive election has been occurring over the last six weeks but ended on Sunday ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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The Source Of Half The Emissions Of An Illegal Ozone-Depleting Gas Has been Found
IFL Science 22 May 2019
Half of the illegal emissions of a chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gas have been identified as coming from just two Chinese provinces. Although partially anticipated, the findings will assist moves to track down the source before they destroy the Earth's protective ozone layer ... This accounts for 40-60 percent of the global anomaly ... ....
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Natalie Portman Denies Relationship With Moby, Calls DJ an ‘Older Man Being Creepy’
The Wrap 22 May 2019
Natalie Portman has denied a claim made by DJ and musician Moby that the two once had a brief romantic relationship, with the actress describing a passage in Moby’s upcoming memoir “very disturbing” and described him as an “older man being creepy.” ... “He said I was 20; I definitely wasn’t. I was a teenager....
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Arab States Applying Pressure To Convince Palestinians To Attend Bahrain Workshop
WorldNews.com 22 May 2019
Several Arab states have reportedly begun exerting pressure on the Palestinians to agree to participate in June’s workshop in Bahrain, where the U.S. is expected to unveil the economic portion of its long-awaited plan for Middle East peace, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday....
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Teenage girl who killed abusive father released after prosecutors say she acted in self-defence
The Independent 22 May 2019
An Italian teenager who killed her abusive father has been released from house arrest after prosecutors said she acted in self-defence. Deborah Sciacquatori hit her father Lorenzo, 41, over the head as he attacked her, her mother and grandmother at their home in north Rome. ... We’ll tell you what’s true ... Subscribe now ... Show all 50....
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Uber driver turns out to be Somali war criminal
The Independent 22 May 2019
A former Uber driver has been found responsible for torturing a man during Somalia‘s civil war more than 30 years ago. Former Somali army colonel Yusuf Abdi Ali, known as “Tukeh” or “the crow”, tortured and shot Farhan Mohamoud Tani Warfaa, a civil jury in the US capital of Washington DC found. ... Subscribe now ... EPA ... AP ... AP....
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Japan Struggles To Find Citizens Willing To Serve On Juries
WorldNews.com 22 May 2019
A new report published on Wednesday by the South China Morning Post said ten years after Japan introduced its "lay judge" jury system, it's continually struggling to find enough people to serve in the nation's courts ... But lawyers and other legal professionals cannot serve ... “We have seen many problems with the system as it is ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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EU top court throws out citizens' climate suit
Deutsche Welle 22 May 2019
The European Court of Justice ruled that individuals cannot sue the EU over inaction in the climate crisis. Lawyers for the "People's Climate Case" have vowed to appeal the decision ... ....
