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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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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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Mexico: Ex-President Enrique Peña Nieto accused of corruption and bribery
BBC News 12 Aug 2020photo: AP / Vincent Yu
Pro-democracy media tycoon freed on bail amid Hong Kong crackdown
The Jakarta Post 12 Aug 2020
Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai walked free on bail Wednesday, over 40 hours after he and other critics of China were rounded up by police as part of a widening crackdown on dissent ... Lai did not address the crowd upon his release, but he flashed a thumbs up as he was bundled into a car that inched away through the crowd ... ... ... ....
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Abe gets pasting for similar speeches during A-bomb events
Asahi News 12 Aug 2020
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came in for sharp criticism for delivering two strikingly similar speeches during annual memorial ceremonies on Aug. 6 and 9 to mark the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Asked about the resemblance in content, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference Aug ... .” ... ....
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Australia suffers deadliest day of coronavirus pandemic, cases rise
The Himalayan 12 Aug 2020
SYDNEY. Australia recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday and the biggest daily rise in infections in three days, denting hopes that a second wave gripping the state of Victoria may be stabilising ... Queensland state reported no new cases on Wednesday ... NSW reported 18 new COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours ... ....
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Joe Biden chooses Kamala Harris as his running mate
Vox 11 Aug 2020
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has officially chosen California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate. Harris, who ran for the presidency herself, is a historic choice. She’s the first Black woman and the first Asian American woman to be a major-party nominee for the vice presidency ... And she and Biden are close ideologically ... ......
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What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
Yahoo Daily News 12 Aug 2020
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now.. Hunting the source of NZ outbreak ... Investigations are zeroing in on the possibility the virus was imported by freight. Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said surface testing was underway at an Auckland cool store where a man from the infected family worked ... ....
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UN council at odds over peacekeeping operation in Lebanon
Wtop 12 Aug 2020
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council remains at odds over the way the U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon operates on the ground, with the United States backing Israel’s demands for major changes. At a closed council meeting Tuesday on the mission known as UNIFIL, whose mandate is up for renewal at the end of the month, U.S ... 31....
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Russia's unproven Covid-19 vaccine will be available to other countries by November, funder says. But safety concerns remain
CNN 12 Aug 2020
(CNN)Russia's coronavirus vaccine will be gradually rolled out to high-risk people before a mass vaccination of Russians begins in October, the head of the group funding the research said on Wednesday ... Speaking to CNN's Anderson Cooper and Dr ... Putin says Russia has approved 'world first' Covid-19 vaccine. But questions over its safety remain ... ....
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‘Nasty’, ‘Mean’, ‘Horrible’, ‘Disrespectful’: Trump unloads on Kamala Harris
The Times of India 12 Aug 2020
WASHINGTON. US President led the Republican and rightwing attack on Democratic vice-presidential nominee on Tuesday, calling her “nasty” (repeatedly), “mean,” “horrible” and “disrespectful,” as the was electrified by the choice of the first black and Asian Indian woman on a major political party ticket ... "She lied. She said things that are untrue....
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How US senator Kamala Harris found the political identity that had eluded her
Zeenews 12 Aug 2020
Months after her presidential campaign collapsed amid questions over her political identity, Kamala Harris suddenly and forcefully found her voice – and at a fortuitous time ... ....
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Dancing queen & no-nonsense spokesperson: Maria Zakharova’s 5 years as Russian Foreign Ministry’s tongue-in-chief (VIDEO)
Russia Today 12 Aug 2020
In the five years since she became the first woman to serve as the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova has become a household name internationally, ruffling quite a few feathers, but leaving nobody impartial. Zakharova has quickly become known for pulling no punches in her daily briefings, as well as on social media ... © Reuters ... ....
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Gray reef sharks form long-lasting social groups likely for hunting, study shows
CNN 12 Aug 2020
(CNN)We can't quite say sharks can be friends, but new evidence is showing us that sharks form social bonds with others and can work together — to a degree. Gray reef sharks regularly meet up together in the same groups, according to a new study published on Tuesday in the Proceedings of the Royal Society ... Read More ... ....
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Dwayne Johnson hangs on to title of highest-paid male actor
The Irish Times 12 Aug 2020
Wrestler-turned-movie star Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson clung to the top slot on the list of the world’s highest-paid male actors for a second straight year, according to an annual tally released by Forbes magazine ... He also benefited from his ‘Project Rock’ fitness wear line for Under Armour ... ... ....
