Chinese state media pump up the jam to slam Hong Kong protests

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 06:31:04 +0000

BEIJING — “Get those foreign agents outta town”, roars a music video by a patriotic Chinese rap group, one of a slew of creative efforts by Beijing attacking Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement as violent and spurred on by overseas governments. The rap video, overlaid with clips of protesters clashing with police and breaking into Hong […]

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Pelosi assails ‘weakness’ of Trump, Netanyahu

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 07:02:25 +0000

Nancy Pelosi

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday the U.S.-Israel relationship can withstand the “weakness” of President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who shook diplomatic norms this week in barring two members of Congress from visiting the country. Pelosi told The Associated Press that the “weakness of Netanyahu and the weakness of Donald […]

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S. Korea says N. Korea has fired 2 more projectiles into sea

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 06:42:29 +0000

S. Korea says N. Korea has fired 2 more projectiles into sea

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s military said North Korea fired two projectiles into the sea Friday to extend a recent streak of weapons tests believed to be aimed at pressuring Washington and Seoul over slow nuclear diplomacy. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the projectiles launched from the North’s eastern coast flew about […]

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Captain hailed hero after bird strike disables Russian plane

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 11:47:10 +0000

Captain hailed hero after bird strike disables Russian plane

MOSCOW — The captain of a Russian passenger jet was hailed as a hero Thursday for landing his plane in a cornfield after it collided with a flock of gulls seconds after takeoff, causing both engines to malfunction. While dozens of people sought medical assistance, only one was hospitalized. The event drew comparisons to the […]

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US lawmaker says rapes, incest helped populate the world

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 11:11:11 +0000

US lawmaker says rapes, incest helped populate the world

DES MOINES, Iowa — A U.S. legislator has defended his call for a ban on all abortions by questioning whether there would be “any population of the world left” if not for births due to rape and incest. Speaking before a conservative group in the Des Moines suburb of Urbandale on Wednesday, Iowa Rep. Steve […]

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Chinese military personnel parade near Hong Kong border

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 05:04:46 +0000

Thousands of Chinese military personnel paraded at a sports stadium in a city across the border from Hong Kong on Thursday, an AFP reporter witnessed.

Shenzhen, China — Thousands of Chinese military personnel paraded at a sports stadium in a city across the border from Hong Kong on Thursday, an AFP reporter witnessed. Armored vehicles were also inside the stadium in Shenzhen, with the drill taking place as fears rise that China may intervene to end 10 weeks of unrest […]

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Ex-Blackwater contractor sentenced to life in Iraq shootings

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 03:22:54 +0000

Ex-Blackwater contractor sentenced to life in Iraq shootings

WASHINGTON — A former Blackwater security contractor was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for his role in the 2007 shooting of unarmed civilians in Iraq that left 14 people dead. Federal judge Royce Lamberth issued the sentence after a succession of friends and relatives requested leniency for Nicholas Slatten, who was found guilty of […]

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Thousands attend El Paso memorial for shooting victims

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 02:36:38 +0000

Hannah Gliemann at vigil for Dayton shooting victims

EL PASO, Texas — Leaders from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border gathered in El Paso Wednesday night to memorialize the 22 people killed this month when a gunman opened fire at a Walmart in the Texas border city. Thousands of people streamed into the baseball stadium in downtown El Paso with a capacity of […]

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Paris streets near Notre Dame to be decontaminated from lead

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 11:28:25 +0000

Paris streets near Notre Dame to be decontaminated from lead

PARIS — Workers were preparing to decontaminate some Paris streets surrounding the Notre Dame Cathedral that have been tested with high levels of lead following the April blaze that damaged the landmark. High fences blocked Parisians and tourists from several streets and a bridge around the monument on Tuesday. The culture ministry said workers plan […]

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Hong Kong airport shuts down amid pro-democracy protest

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:39:32 +0000

Hong Kong airport shuts down amid pro-democracy protest

One of the world’s busiest airports canceled all flights after thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters crowded into the main terminal Monday afternoon.

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