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Zambia , DR Congo border dispute getting hot
Zambian Watchdog 04 Jul 2020
The border dispute between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo is getting ‘hot’, according to international media....
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Donald Trump marks Independence Day with incendiary Mount Rushmore speech – live
The Guardian 04 Jul 2020
The president is most likely asleep at the moment, given that he arrived back at the White House from South Dakota at 4.11am ET. His Twitter account, therefore, lies momentarily dormant. Here’s a taste of what White House chief of staff Mark Meadows had to say to reporters on the flight back from Mount Rushmore ... They’re not fleeing America.” Related....
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Scuba diver killed in Australia shark attack
TVNZ 04 Jul 2020
A 20-year-old scuba diver died yesterday after being attacked by a shark off the coast of Australia's Queensland state, authorities said. In this image from a video, the covered body is placed on a cliff near Indian Head, Australia. Source. Associated Press ... They said a report was being prepared for the coroner ... ....
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Climate crisis: Thawing Arctic permafrost could release deadly waves of ancient diseases, scientists suggest
The Independent 04 Jul 2020
As climate scientists ponder whether these extremes portend the dawn of a terrifying new era of supercharged heat in the Arctic, the planet also remains gripped by the deadly coronavirus pandemic ... ....
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Hong Kong needs substantial action from the West, not just words
CNN 04 Jul 2020
(CNN)On the 23rd anniversary of their handover to China on Wednesday, supporters of democracy and independence in Hong Kong could be forgiven for feeling they've just awoken to their worst nightmare ... Hong Kong protest leader Nathan Law pledges to fight for democracy in exile after fleeing city ... Read More. No cooling off period ... Reaction of the West ... ....
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The Nazis Took Down the Statue of Napoleon’s Great Black General
The Daily Beast 04 Jul 2020
The bitterly divisive spectacle staged by President Trump in front of Mount Rushmore on Friday was powerful proof once again that icons of past heroes are social and political flashpoints in the present—not only in the U.S. but around the world ... PARIS—Some statues should be toppled. Some should be put back up ... In Paris today, a bronze statue of Gen ... “”....
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40 killed in massacre of villagers in Mali
Manila Standard Today 04 Jul 2020
Bamako, Mali—Unidentified armed men massacred 31 civilians in simultaneous attacks on several Mali villages this week, then killed nine soldiers responding to the assault as violence surges in the country’s conflict-wracked centre ... Deploring the army’s “inaction,” he said ... Officials did not immediately blame any group ... ....
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Coronavirus: Catalonia tightens restrictions on 200,000 residents
The Irish Times 04 Jul 2020
Catalonia enforced a new lockdown on more than 200,000 people on Saturday, after several new outbreaks of the coronavirus were detected ... Regional health ministry data showed there were 3,706 cases in the Lleida region on Friday, up from 3,551 the previous day ... The basilica, designed by architect Antoni Gaudi, closed almost four months ago ... Photograph....
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North Korea Says It Has No Plans for Talks With U.S.
Time Magazine 04 Jul 2020
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Saturday reiterated it has no immediate plans to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States unless Washington discards what it describes as “hostile” polices toward Pyongyang ... presidential election ... sanctions and pressure ... leadership could change ... threats. “The U.S ... ....
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U.S. sends carriers to South China Sea during Chinese drills – WSJ
Metro USA 04 Jul 2020
(Reuters) – The United States is sending two aircraft carriers into the South China Sea at the same time as China is conducting military exercises in the contested waterway, the Wall Street Journal reported. The USS Ronald Reagan and USS Nimitz would be in the South China Sea from Saturday, the U.S ... Wikoff was quoted as saying ... exercises ... ....
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Experts find early ocher mine in Mexican underwater caves
Federal News Radio 04 Jul 2020
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Experts and cave divers in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula have found ocher mines that are some of the oldest on the continent, which could explain why ancient skeletons were found in the narrow, twisting labyrinths of now-submerged sinkhole caves ... Advertisement ... Insight by ServiceNow ... Dr ... Download it to your device today ... ....
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RECIPE: Pasta with goat cheese, spinach and walnuts
Independent online (SA) 04 Jul 2020photo: AP / Darko Bandic
Hamilton is again fastest in final practice for Austrian GP
Wtop 04 Jul 2020
The six-time champion was also quickest in both practice sessions on Friday, finishing ahead of his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas in all three ... Ferrari again lacked speed, with Charles Leclerc in fifth spot and Sebastian Vettel seventh ... ___ ... Source ....
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6 Killed, 15 Injured in Somalia Bombings
Voa News 04 Jul 2020
At least five people were killed and more than eight others wounded when a government security checkpoint was bombed in Baidoa, Somalia’s administrative capital of Southwest State, on Saturday, witnesses and security officials said ... “The wounded are being treated at hospitals.”. Bikole said most of the victims were civilians ... ....
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Dozen feared dead after flooding and landslides hit southern Japan
Belfast Telegraph 04 Jul 2020
Heavy rain in southern Japan has triggered flooding and landslides, leaving more than a dozen people presumed dead, about 10 missing and dozens stranded on rooftops waiting to be rescued. More than 75,000 residents in the prefectures of Kumamoto and Kagoshima were urged to evacuate following torrential rain overnight ... AP/PA Images. / ... AP/PA Images. / ... ....
