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Haley: US 'not looking to do regime change anywhere'
CNN 23 Sep 2018
"The United States is not looking to do regime change in Iran," Haley said on CNN's "State of the Union." ... ....
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Land of the free? How Trump has put America’s identity in peril
The Guardian 23 Sep 2018
Some 20 months into his term Trump has been pretty much the president we expected. loud, boastful, bullying, reckless, ruder than the worst-bred minor royalty, tetchy as a wolverine in heat. The main thing to note is the very most main thing. he’s still going ... Fact-based argument, rational analysis, empirical proofs haven’t stopped him, nor have stark demonstrations of his laughably obvious lies ... Twitter ... We, America, elected Trump....
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Venezuela crisis: Chinese hospital ship docks for a week
BBC News 23 Sep 2018
Mr Padrino López thanked China for the gesture of friendship and said that both countries would benefit. "It is a pleasure to have this ship in Venezuela, which has arrived here after travelling to more than 40 countries" he said. "This is how true diplomacy is done ... Related Topics. ....
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Joshua overpowers Povetkin to retain world heavyweight titles
Supersport 23 Sep 2018
</p>A previously close contest turned in Joshua's favour decisively when he sent the Russian crashing to the canvas with a straight right hand and left hook. </p>Povetkin gamely beat the count but Joshua piled in before referee Steve Gray stopped the contest at one minute and 59 seconds of the seventh round ... </p>"Povetkin is a very tough challenger and he proved it tonight," Joshua told Sky Sports....
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From reality TV to U.N., Trump to wield Security Council gavel
Yahoo Daily News 23 Sep 2018
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - He has chaired board meetings, cabinet meetings and starred in a reality television show, but on Wednesday U.S. President Donald Trump will wield the gavel in the United Nations Security Council to denounce Iran for what it sees as its malign regional behavior ... "I am sure that's going to be the most watched Security Council meeting ever," U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told reporters ... U.S ... ....
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NASA's Mars MAVEN Craft Captures Selfie on Fourth Birthday
Newsweek 22 Sep 2018
The MAVEN mission to Mars entered the upper atmosphere of the planet four years ago as of Friday and NASA is celebrating with one of its signature space selfies....
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‘Birmingham pharmacist’ held in Syria on suspected Isis links
The Guardian 23 Sep 2018
A man who says he is a pharmacist from Birmingham has been detained in Syria on suspicion of being a member of Islamic State. A video of the blindfolded man being questioned by the American-backed Kurdish militia the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) was posted on the Twitter account of International Volunteers Report on Saturday. The group said he had been captured in the city of Deir ez-Zor a month ago ... I worked in the general hospitals....
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Islamic State claims killing of 29 at Iran military parade
The Times of India 22 Sep 2018
TEHRAN. Militants shot dead at least 29 people including women and children in an attack on Saturday on an Iranian military parade claimed by the Islamic State group, as Tehran accused a US ally in the region of the assault ... "The response of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the smallest threat will be crushing", Rouhani said on his official website ... Many of the wounded were in critical condition ... ....
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Dominic Raab rules out snap general election to save May's Brexit plan
The Observer 23 Sep 2018
Brexit secretary Dominic Raab has dismissed claims Theresa May could call a snap autumn general election to save her Brexit plans as he played down the chances of the government pivoting towards a Canada-style free trade deal. The cabinet minister said it was “for the birds” to suggest the prime minister could go to the country after Brussels rejected her Chequers proposals at a summit in Salzburg last week ... That can’t be right.”. ....
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Death toll 209 as survivor found in capsized Tanzania ferry
CTV 22 Sep 2018
The death toll soared past 200 while a survivor was found inside a capsized Tanzania ferry two days after the Lake Victoria disaster, officials said Saturday, while search efforts were ending to focus on identifying bodies ... ....
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WhatsApp to unveil new features for better experience
Deccan Chronicle 23 Sep 2018
As the latest Android version — Android 9 Pie has already made its way to the Pixel family, WhatsApp now seems to have started testing its support for new MessagingStyle inline images for the notification panel, according to Android Police. Photo. Android Police. . while this feature is not something new, but it will now support a new format where one can expand and collapse inline images ... ....
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Kavanaugh accuser accepts request to testify before Senate committee next week
ABC7 22 Sep 2018
Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, has agreed to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee next week. Ford's lawyers wrote in an email Saturday afternoon that she "accepts the committee's request to provide her firsthand knowledge of Brett Kavanaugh's sexual misconduct next week." ... The response from Ford's lawyers came at around 2.30 p.m ... Charles Grassley, R-Iowa ... ....
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UN chief urges Myanmar government to free Reuters journalists
The Himalayan 23 Sep 2018
WASHINGTON. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called on the Myanmar government to pardon and release two imprisoned Reuters journalists as soon as possible. “It is not acceptable to have the journalists of Reuters being in jail for what they were doing,” Guterres told reporters at the United Nations in response to a question about Aung San Suu Kyi’s recent remarks on the case ... ....
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"It's A Nightmare Scenario": A Radioactive Object Was Found In San Francisco's New $8 Billion Neighborhood
IFL Science 22 Sep 2018
It's been a few years since developers began constructing an $8 billion neighborhood on the site of the former San Francisco Shipyard, and residents are still complaining about possible exposure to hazardous material. On September 11th, officials uncovered a radioactive object less than a foot below the site's condos, which cost up to $1.5 million ... The finding isn't exactly shocking, given the land's history ... Copyright 2018 ... ....
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Profile of Maldives’ strongman Abdulla Yameen
The News International 23 Sep 2018
COLOMBO. Back when he was a mild-mannered civil servant, few in the Maldives predicted Abdulla Yameen would one day run the country, let alone with an iron grip, locking up judges, his rivals and even his 80-year-old half-brother ... All of his main rivals are either behind bars or in exile, local media are scared to be critical -- and even to report on the opposition -- and the electoral system has been rigged, his opponents claim ... ....
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