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Americans Are In An Information War, And They’re Losing And Dying
WorldNews.com 21 Aug 2019
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas DarlingLike so many others, Ken voted for Donald Trump. So had Mike, Ann and Larry, who are now finally realizing the person they voted for has hurt the working-class white populations which formed the core of his own base ... Ken wasn’t so lucky ... Ken consequently died ... Backfires ... He is a correspondent for www.WN.com....
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Stone Age Boat Building Site With Technology Not Seen for Thousands More Years Discovered by Underwater Archeologists
Newsweek 21 Aug 2019
A Stone Age boat building site with technological developments not thought to have been developed for thousands more years has been discovered off the U.K. coast. The site, which is submerged 36 feet underwater, was discovered by archeologists in 2005. However, until now, experts did not know what the structure had been used for ... Tech & Science. ....
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Experts Say Nuclear Fallout Between Russia-US Would Devastate The Climate
WorldNews.com 21 Aug 2019
A new study published this week in the Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres described a simulation run by scientists using a climate model that analyzed the effects of a nuclear war between Russia and the United States and found nuclear winter would be soon behind with devastating effects for the planet, according to ZME Science....
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Nearly 60,000 Flee Syrian Opposition Enclave As Russia-Led Attacks Intensify
WorldNews.com 21 Aug 2019
Tens of thousands have fled to the Syrian border with Turkey on Wednesday as the Syrian army continued to advance into the final remaining rebel stronghold of Idlib, according to AFP ... The conflict has already killed more than 370,000 people since it began as an uprising against Assad in 2011 ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Prime Minister’s partner Carrie Symonds blocked from US visit
Belfast Telegraph 21 Aug 2019
Boris Johnson’s girlfriend, Carrie Symonds, has been barred from visiting the US. She had applied for permission to go to the US in the next few days as part of her job with environmental group Oceana but the request was blocked by the American authorities, the Daily Mail reported ... 🔻— Nimco Ali (OB-fanny-E) 🔻 (@NimkoAli) August 21, 2019 ... PA. ....
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Los Angeles Plans To Build World's Largest Wildlife Bridge Across Highway 101
WorldNews.com 21 Aug 2019
Engineers in California are planning to build the biggest wildlife corridor in the world which would span across the ten-lane United States Highway 101 north of Los Angeles, according to The San Francisco Chronicle ... The corridor is expected to open in 2023 and is in its final design phase this week with estimates of $87 million as the total cost....
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California Police Thwart Possible Mass Shooting With Arrest Of Disgruntled Hotel Cook
WorldNews.com 21 Aug 2019
Police in California thwarted a possible mass shooting this week when they arrested a disgruntled hotel cook who they say threatened to carry out violence at his workplace, the Los Angeles Times reports.Rodolfo Montoya, 37, who worked at the Marriott in Long Beach, near Los Angeles, was taken into custody Tuesday at his home in Huntington Beach....
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Trump Walks Back On Payroll Tax Cuts
WorldNews.com 21 Aug 2019
President Donald Trump said he was no longer exploring a cut to payroll taxes, less than 24 hours after initially discussing the option on Tuesday, according to Vox News. Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday there was no need to cut payroll taxes. “I’m not looking at a tax cut now,” he said. “We don’t need it ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Germany: 20.8 million people with immigrant background
Deutsche Welle 21 Aug 2019photo: AP / John Raoux
More Than Two Dozen People Arrested Over Threats Of Mass Shootings Across US In August
WorldNews.com 21 Aug 2019
CNN accumulated a list of 27 arrests due to threats of committing mass shootings, just two weeks after 31 people were killed in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday ... NBC News said a 15-year-old boy was arrested last Friday in Volusia County, Florida after writing threats about shooting classmates in a video game chat room ... ... ... ... James P....
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Donald Trump throws toys out of pram because Denmark won’t sell Greenland to him
Metro UK 21 Aug 2019
Donald Trump has said he won’t be visiting Greenland after being told the country was not for sale (Picture. Reuters). US president Donald Trump said he is postponing an upcoming meeting with Denmark’s prime minister because she is not interested in discussing a proposed sale of Greenland ... Advertisement. Advertisement ... AFP) ... ‘It’s not No ... Reuters). ....
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UPDATE: High Court Says Ryanair Pilots Can Go On Strike
WorldNews.com 21 Aug 2019
The High Court in London said it would allow a proposed strike by the United Kingdom-based Ryanair pilots to go ahead on Thursday and Friday, according to The Belfast Telegraph. Even though the airline was the winner in a bid to stop Ireland-based pilots from striking, many more of its pilots work from the UK ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Colombia Says International Aid Funding For Venezuelan Migrants Is Too Low
WorldNews.com 21 Aug 2019
Colombia's foreign minister said international donations have been insufficient to help support the hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans migrants compared to refugee crises around the world on Wednesday, according to Colombia Reports ... ... "Here are some examples ... For the care of 1.4 million migrants in Southern Sudan, $700 million was received, i.e....
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Man in charge of US nuclear weapons among thousands sharing hoax Instagram post
Belfast Telegraph 21 Aug 2019
Rick Perry, the politician in charge of the United States’ nuclear weapons, was among thousands of users to share for a debunked Instagram scam this week ... “Feel free to repost!! #nothanksinstagram.”. View this post on Instagram. Feel free to repost!! #nothanksinstagram. A post shared by GovernorPerry (@governorperry) on Aug 20, 2019 at 6.52pm PDT ... PA. ....
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British Government Studying Cost Of Proposed High-Speed Rail Project
WorldNews.com 21 Aug 2019
It is the second high-speed rail project after High Speed 1, which links London’s St. Pancras International station and the Channel Tunnel. The line opened in 2003.The government's review of HS2 will consider whether and how the project should proceed ... ....
