6/30/2020

A Massive Star Has Seemingly Vanished from Space With No Explanation: Astronomers are trying to figure out whether the star collapsed into a black hole without going supernova, or if it disappeared in a cloud of dust.

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WHO says 'we cannot let our guard down' after China pigs study

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United States not on EU's 'safe' travel list, diplomats say

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Kingold Jewelry secures US$2.8 billion in loans with gilded copper bars, in latest fraud that embarrasses China, irks US

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Russia appears to be ignoring the UN nuclear watchdog after it was accused of being behind a mysterious radiation leak into Scandinavia

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‘Overwhelming majority’ of rapists going free because of collapse in prosecutions, campaigners warn - Only 1.5% of rapes recorded by police in England and Wales were prosecuted in 2019

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Britons being refused job interviews in Europe because of Brexit, MPs told - Loss of free movement rights means UK workers not suitable for many professional roles

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Koalas will be driven to extinction before 2050 in New South Wales, major inquiry finds - State parliamentary investigation finds biggest threat to the species’ survival is habitat loss – but logging and clearing has continued

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‘War on drugs’ blamed for deaths of at least 122 children in Philippines - a report that concluded some children have been deliberately shot at and targeted as proxies.

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British hunters have killed at least 60 lions since Cecil shot, as ministers delay trophy imports ban again

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Hong Kong security law: Minutes after new law, pro-democracy voices quit

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Japan calls China's reported move on Hong Kong 'regrettable'

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German officials were so alarmed by Trump's conversations with Angela Merkel that they took extra steps to make sure they stayed secret, according to a CNN report

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New Swine Flu Found in China Has Pandemic Potential

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Mice ‘cured’ of Parkinson’s in accidental scientific discovery

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Trump was 'near-sadistic' in phone calls with female world leaders, according to CNN report on classified calls

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Australian reporter testifies about police beating outside White House

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Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin Spoke Five Times in Just Three Weeks in an ‘Unusual Amount of Communication’

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U.S. announces end of Hong Kong's special status

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Russia denies nuclear incident after international body detects isotopes

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Nigeria wants cancellation of African artifacts auction in Paris

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Europeans' trust in US as world leader collapses during pandemic - Negative attitudes of the US were most marked in Denmark (71%), Portugal (70%), France (68%), Germany (65%) and Spain (64%).

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WHO warns coronavirus pandemic is speeding up as countries ease lockdown rules: ‘The worst is yet to come’.

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'Incredible Green Wave' in French Elections Celebrated as 'Mandate to Act for Climate and Social Justice'

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6/29/2020

The South Pole is warming at three times the global average, study says

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'Annexation Is Illegal. Period.': UN Human Rights Chief Slams Israeli Government. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to begin implementing the annexation plan July 1, despite mounting international outcry.

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India bans 59 Chinese apps including TikTok as border tensions simmer in Ladakh

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Shocking Lawsuit Alleges Hockey Players Were Forced to Bob for Apples in Urine: A lawsuit accuses the Canadian Hockey League of sitting idly by while abuse - including players being sexually abused - was rampant.

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NATO officials say they were briefed on Russian bounties on US soldiers in Afghanistan — even though Trump claims he wasn't

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Boris Johnson warns ‘fat’ Britons that they must lose weight, ditching his libertarian instincts and considering state interventions to tackle the U.K.’s high obesity level

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Central Tibetan Administration President: We Urge Human Rights Council to Hold Special Session on Human Rights Violations by China

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Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump; asks Interpol to help

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Government accused of ‘putting profit over human dignity’ with plan to build prisons and boost economy - Labour MP accuses government of 'Americanising' jail system

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America’s relationship with Germany may never be the same again, Berlin warns

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Donald Trump Square fountain in Petah Tikva, Israel turned blood red in protest of annexation

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China forces birth control on Muslims to suppress population

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Japan told U.S. it opposes South Korea joining G7, in move likely to anger Seoul

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Russian bounties to Taliban-linked militants resulted in deaths of U.S. troops, according to intelligence assessments

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Iceland president re-elected with 92 percent of vote

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Chief Beaten by Police Is Longtime Fighter for Indigenous Rights: Allan Adam leads a Dene nation that famously fought the Canadian government and oil lobby in its territory

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‘Need to be close to our friends’: India holds naval exercise with Japan amid stand-off with China

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Ukraine has declassified previously secret Soviet documents on the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant on 26 April 1986, making them public on Monday.

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Amazon warehouse workers in Germany will strike Monday because of coronavirus infections

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U.S. reportedly shared Russia intel with Congressional leaders, U.K. government but White House denies presidential briefing

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Russian nickel producer admits pollution in Arctic tundra

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The deaths of a father and son from alleged torture at the hands of police have sparked outrage across India, with many drawing parallels with the killing of George Floyd in the United States. Their case has thrown a new spotlight on police brutality in India just weeks after the killing of Floyd

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Germany bans single-use plastic straws, food containers

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Asymptomatic COVID-19 findings dim hopes for 'herd immunity' | Study of people who tested positive for COVID-19 but never developed symptoms has found that such asymptomatic carriers have few to no detectable antibodies just weeks after infection, suggesting they may not develop lasting immunity

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6/28/2020

Hawaii Group Sets Record For Largest Haul of Plastic Removed From The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Switzerland quarantines 300 after coronavirus ‘superspreader’ causes outbreak at nightclub

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Radiation level increase in northern Europe may 'indicate damage' to nuclear power plant in Russia

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50% of COVID-19 patients suffer from weakness, distress after recovery

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UNICEF: 2.4m children in Yemen at risk of starvation

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ICC Condemns 'Unlawful' US Attempt to Block Court's War Crimes Investigation Via Threats and Coercion

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New Zealanders are on track to elect the ‘gayest parliament in the world’

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India’s Largest Kitchen Appliances Maker TTK Prestige To Stop Importing Items And Parts From China

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An Indian journalist exposing the dangers of an illegal sand mining and construction in the country was shot dead June 19 while returning home on his motorcycle.

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Mexican drug cartel Jalisco New Generation is blamed for a brazen assassination attempt on Mexico City's chief of police. The 30 assassins, disguised as road workers opened fire in one of the city's posh avenues. Two bodyguards and one passerby died in the attack. Dozen suspects have been detained.

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Half of Canadians would support 30-hour work week: poll

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Risk of never fully recovering after coronavirus ‘very real,’ scientists say

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Greek PM says that the coronavirus vaccine should not be used as a tool for profit

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Ireland Passing Legislation That Will Prioritize Climate Change in Governing

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Protesters demands justice for 62-year-old man fatally shot by police

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Expert says Scotland 'could be Covid-free by end of summer'

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While coronavirus spread in the U.S., an Indian slum with 1 million residents contained it

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Pope Francis says that the coronavirus pandemic has shown how much the poor are disconnected from society. Poverty is often hidden away, he says, but trying to help others can help us rediscover ourselves.

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'Warning Sign of Major Proportions': Number of Siberian Forest Fires Increase Fivefold in Week Since Record High Temperature

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Switzerland orders a 10-day quarantine of nearly 300 nightclub partiers after 6 people contract COVID-19

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Russia offered bounty to kill UK soldiers

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Canada to work with manufacturers to shift from "just-in-time, get-the-very-cheapest-input-possible" economic model to one that "puts a greater emphasis on supply chains that are closer to home"

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Winnipeg woman shocked after getting ambulance bill for partner shot, killed by police | A Winnipeg woman is dumbfounded after she received an ambulance bill for her common-law partner, who was shot & killed by police in April. Al-Fouakhiri said she recently found the $250 ambulance bill in her mail

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A bear in Italy has been sentenced to death after attacking hikers. Activists want a stay of execution

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6/27/2020

Radiation level increase in northern Europe may ‘indicate damage’ to nuclear power plant in Russia

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Archbishop of Canterbury says portrayal of Jesus as White should be reconsidered

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Chinese Professor Convicted for Economic Espionage in the US, Tried to Steal Secrets For the Chinese Army

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A slice of the Australian outback almost the size of greater London will be turned into a national park to help protect threatened species. Narriearra Station, 592-square-mile property in northwest New South Wales, is the biggest purchase of private land for national parks ever made

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A cloud with tiny levels of radioactivity, believed to originate from western Russia, has been detected over Scandinavia and European Arctic.

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Black Lives Matter protest kicks off in Berlin - Berlin has played host to two major protests — one on LBGT+ rights and the other on Black Lives Matter. Police said attendees at both observed coronavirus restrictions well.

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A Toronto police officer who beat a Black teenager so badly he lost an eye has been found guilty of assault, but not aggravated assault.

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Taiwan has thanked a group of U.S. lawmakers for calling for the island's inclusion in the world's largest multinational naval war games, from which China has been excluded over geopolitical tensions with the United States.

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Pope moves against Polish bishop accused of hiding predators

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Pakistan to ground 262 pilots, terminate 28 over fake licences

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COVID-19 lockdowns are “increasing demand for cannabis”- WHO report

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Fury in Colombia as soldiers admit rape of 13-year-old indigenous girl

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Hong Kong police ban annual pro-democracy demo for first time in 17 years

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India allows religious festival to go ahead as coronavirus cases surge resulting in more than 100,000 new cases in the past eight days

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Europe will bar Americans traveling from the US as the coronavirus pandemic spirals out of control

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Lawmakers in Canada and Scotland have pointed to the US as an example of failed coronavirus containment

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Europe will bar Americans traveling from the US as the coronavirus pandemic spirals out of control in the states

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Father-son duo was sexually abused in police custody, die from injuries

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Snowden: Tech Workers Are Complicit in How Their Companies Hurt Society

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Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill American Troops, U.S. Intelligence Says

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North Korea Threatens U.S.: Nuclear Attack ‘The Only Option Left’

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Angela Merkel says Britain must 'live with the consequences' of Boris Johnson’s decision to ditch close alignment with EU

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Japan awards first-ever ninja studies degree

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Another woman in B.C., Canada claims police wellness check left her with serious injuries

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6/26/2020

Do not assume US still aspires to be a world leader, Merkel warns

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Trump Administration Freezes Funds Intended to Benefit Hong Kong Protesters

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Canada almost self-sufficient in PPE as Canadian businesses step up: PM

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Supreme Court of Canada rules against Uber, allowing $400M class-action lawsuit to move ahead

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Japan monitoring China’s ‘alarming’ activities at sea, border with India and in Hong Kong

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UK’s first female suicide bomb plotter, 37, planned to blow up St Paul’s at Easter to ‘kill as many as possible’

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Millions more could die in a possible 2nd coronavirus wave, WHO official warns | "The pandemic is behaving as we hypothesized"

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An Australian politician's home was raided amid allegations that Chinese government agents have infiltrated the country

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Anger as Boris Johnson falsely claims child poverty has fallen despite huge rise under Tories

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Ireland on verge of its 'greenest government ever'

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Support for Brexit is collapsing as a new poll finds big majority of British people want to rejoin the EU

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India blocks imports of US products made in China

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Swedes are losing trust in authorities’ handling of the coronavirus, as the man behind the country’s light-touch approach called lockdowns a form of madness and political parties demanded the Swedish strategy be reviewed before the next election in 2022.

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Female genital mutilation: Report shows 68,000 victims in Germany

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Spyware hidden in Chinese tax software was probably planted by a nation-state, say experts

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Ontario premier adamant he wants U.S. border closed, fears opening it will spark second wave

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US removes Saudi Arabia from list of worst human traffickers

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The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t just hurt the U.S. economy — it’s also hurt America’s reputation abroad: The European Council on Foreign Relations surveyed 10,000 Europeans in nine countries and found what it called a “shocking” collapse of the image of the U.S.

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10th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared over; vigilance against flare-ups and support for survivors must continue

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Trudeau rejects calls to release Huawei executive

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Google will pay publishers for 'high-quality' news and absorb paywall costs

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The Netherlands will ban disposable plastic products from July 2021

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UK beach town raises alarm as huge crowds ignore COVID advice and flock to the coast

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A meat processing and packaging company that has been accused of animal mistreatment in the past, lobbied the Ontario government for a bill which could prevent undercover journalists and activists from investigating it.

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6/25/2020

Imran Khan calls Osama Bin Laden a martyr in Pakistan Parliament

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Gabon decriminalises homosexuality

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A New Survey Found Almost a Third of Chinese Canadians Have Been Physically Harassed During the Pandemic: The findings cast a shocking spotlight on what has been called Canada’s ‘shadow pandemic’ - anti-Asian racism.

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Yamato becomes Japan's 1st city to 'ban' use of phones while walking

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Free at last: Man released from prison after 50 years without trial

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Britain's railways will be 'renationalised' using emergency coronavirus measures - ending the current franchise system

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Climate crisis: Green recovery ‘only option’ to return to economic prosperity after coronavirus recession, UK government warned - Following pandemic, UK has ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ to improve climate resilience and become global leader on environment, Committee on Climate Change says

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More than a million hectares of threatened species’ habitat was cleared for agriculture in New South Wales and Queensland without referral to the federal environment department for assessment, according to new analysis by WWF Australia.

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Almost 1 in 3 pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses, aviation minister CNN

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Ireland will quarantine British travellers because of the UK's 'significantly poorer' response to the coronavirus

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Singapore telcos pick Nokia, Ericsson over Huawei to build main 5G networks

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Atheists and humanists facing discrimination across the world, report finds

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Death sentences of three young protesters confirmed by Iran supreme court

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Face masks save lives, Japanese coronavirus study says

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The US Defense Department has determined that 20 top Chinese firms, including Huawei, are either owned by or backed by the Chinese military

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Canada Beats U.S. For 1st Time On Ranking Of Most Competitive Economies

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Charges dropped against Alberta First Nation Chief in violent RCMP arrest video

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For first time ever, majority of shareholders push oil giant Chevron to align with Paris climate pact

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Twitter Bans Journalist Organisation for Linking to Leaked Secret Police Files

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With Demand 'Echoing Across the World,' UN Chief Calls on Israel to Abandon Illegal Annexation Plan

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Bayer to pay $10 billion to settle Roundup cancer lawsuit

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A city in eastern China is introducing a system that lets people getting married check if their partner has a history of abuse.

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‘Why did you shoot me?’ A Black Mississauga mother seeks answers from Peel police [Canada]

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Germany is banning the sale of single-use plastic straws, cotton buds and food containers, bringing it in line with a EU directive intended to reduce the amount of plastic garbage that pollutes the environment.

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6/24/2020

Fifty-nine baby crocs went missing from a Darwin reptile park last month. "I’d like to know who’s doing it," says the park owner. "What are you going to do with 59 crocs?"

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Walmart Canada Faces Backlash For Selling ‘All Lives Matter’ T-Shirts: The company is also selling T-shirts with “Blue Lives Matter” and “Irish Lives Matter” printed across them

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Boris Johnson confronted over claim no country has working coronavirus app - after 12m downloads in Germany

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The president of the international criminal court has accused the US of acting unlawfully by threatening an economic and legal offensive against the institution following a decision by judges to open an investigation into war crimes in Afghanistan.

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New UK bill to ban protests outside abortion clinics passes first Commons hurdle - 'This is about the rights of vulnerable women seeking access to health care in safety, anonymity and dignity,' says Labour MP

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More than 1,000 European MPs from over 25 countries call for Israel annexation to be halted and warn of 'consequences'

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US, Russia, Brazil on draft list of countries banned from travelling to bloc from 1 July: EU source

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‘Super-spreader’ church at centre of South Korea’s coronavirus outbreak sued for £66m

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Gabon lawmakers vote to decriminalise homosexuality

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A cruel training method for baby elephants known as “the crush” has been revealed in rarely-seen footage. The practice sees calves bound with chains and confined in narrow enclosures for days at a time to make them submissive enough to interact with tourists.

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EU nations may close their borders to US travelers as they seek to reopen their economies to tourism because of how Washington has handled the pandemic

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North Korea is about to drop cigarette butts, trash, and 12 million propaganda leaflets onto South Korea in its latest psychological-warfare move

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Japan has curbed the spread of the coronavirus so well within the country that it is facing a shortage of patients for clinical trials

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136 earthquakes in 24 hrs, Philippines Volcano Enters Period of Unrest.

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China occupies Nepal village Beijing has also taken over 11 strategic areas in the neighbouring country

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Locusts are devastating East Africa: A fourth generation of locust eggs is now hatching, which experts predict will create a locust population 8,000 times larger than the current infestation.

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For first time ever, majority of shareholders push oil giant Chevron to align with Paris climate pact: Climate Action 100+ investor alliance gains proxy-season traction toward net-zero emissions, calling on companies to account for climate risks and more transparent lobbying

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Canada's largest mental health hospital calls for removal of police from front lines for people in crisis: "Police are not trained in crisis care"

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Canada among 67 nations to reaffirm International Criminal Court support after U.S. sanctions

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European Union considering recommendation to block entry to Americans due to coronavirus surge

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North Korea threatens to end US in new round of Korean War

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Ontario new math curriculum to introduce coding, personal finance starting in Grade 1

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Chinese nationals with government ties have funneled hundreds of thousands in cash to Trump’s re-election campaign: WSJ

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Horrifying undercover footage from the UK shows pig farm worker slamming piglets into concrete floor while others are thrown into metal troughs as food regulators launch investigation

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6/23/2020

FBI: China’s Top Diplomat in U.S. Covertly Recruits Scientists

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US is accused of bullying African nations into watering down UN investigation into global systemic racism - A proposal for an international investigation into police violence against African Americans has been changed to remove the call for an international probe and any mention of the US

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Brazilian judge tells Bolsonaro to behave and wear a face mask - President reminded he is not above the law and risks fine if he continues to break rules

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Brexit: Japan tells UK to agree to trade terms in six weeks or face disruption - Like some countries with EU trade deals, Japan has declined to simply roll over its existing agreement for the UK after Brexit and has instead reopened talks, potentially extracting further concessions from the UK.

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Kenya policeman charged with the murder of 13-year-old who was shot as he stood on a balcony in March watching police enforce a night-time curfew.

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Evidence of Russia's 'likely hold' over Trump was covered up by the UK government, according to a former British spy

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‘I’m suffocating’: Four police officers questioned for involuntary homicide over death of Cédric Chouviat

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Saudi Arabia banned Hajj for international visitors this year due to the coronavirus, forfeiting as much as $4 billion in revenue

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Iceland hit by thousands of quakes and threat of volcanic eruption

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The faster a country required masks, the fewer coronavirus deaths it had: study

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Facebook faces advertiser revolt over failure to address hate speech

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RCMP Officer drags handcuffed women through a hall and then steps on her head and pulls her hair

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20% of Northern Ireland adults now consider themselves to have ‘no religion’, a record high

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Twelve German postal workers received medical treatment over suspected bio-terrorism package. It turned out to be durian.

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Controversy in Australia Over Archbishop’s $6.5 Million Luxury Condo

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Most Black British people think Boris Johnson's party is institutionally racist

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New Zealand seizes $90 million in assets of Russian cybercrime suspect

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The Arctic Circle Hit 101°F Saturday, Its Hottest Temperature Ever: "This dramatic warming of the Arctic up to triple-digit temperatures was not expected to happen until 2100"

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COVID-19 Threatens Kenya’s Goal to End Female Genital Mutilation by 2022: School closures have reportedly led to “mass cuttings” involving hundreds of girls.

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Boris Johnson and Theresa May ignored claims the Kremlin had a “likely hold” over Donald Trump and may have covertly funded Brexit, the former spy Christopher Steele alleges in secret evidence given to MPs who drew up the Russia report.

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Canadian Cops Keep Killing People During Wellness and Mental Health Calls: At least five people have died during mental health calls or wellness checks by police since April. All five were Black, Indigenous, or people of colour.

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Teen protester accuses police of sexual assault

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India may soon make it compulsory for ecommerce companies to display clearly whether a product being sold on their platform is made in the country or not, as the government seeks to curb Chinese imports

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India Is Persecuting Journalists Who Question the Nation's Pandemic Response

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6/22/2020

Israel Looks To Ban LGBTQ 'Conversion Therapy' By Introducing New Legislature

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The coronavirus outbreaks that have struck workers in meat plants around the world are due to poor working conditions and living quarters in a sector that is in a “disastrous race to the bottom” in the quest for cheap meat, trade union representatives have said.

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A new threat to global trade: Exhausted crews want off cargo ships now

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German labor minister demands meat company pay coronavirus compensation - "There must be a civil liability of the company," Heil told a Bild online broadcast, adding that the company had "taken an entire region hostage" by violating the coronavirus rules.

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MPs tell Boris Johnson to 'get a grip' over delay in report into Russian political interference

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People in Myanmar Don’t Know About Coronavirus Because the Government Blocked the Internet : The government of Aung San Suu Kyi ordered telecoms companies to shut down mobile internet coverage in two states. That was a year ago.

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70% in Japan want telecommuting to continue after pandemic, survey finds

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Indian troops backed by artillery and long-range guns have opened fire on villages along the border on the Pakistani-administered side of the Kashmir region, killing a 13-year-old-girl and wounding her mother and brother

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China suspends poultry imports from Tyson Foods after coronavirus cases at Arkansas plant

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Nova Scotia shooter withdrew $475,000 cash days before massacre

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WHO reports largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases

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Whales Keep Dying Under Canadian Law That Gently Suggests Ships Slow Down: A new report by an environmental group says most ships are not honouring the government's request they slow down to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale.

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6/12/2020

Dogs Trained to Detect Covid-19 Have 95% Success Rate in Early Trials

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Twitter deletes over 170,000 accounts tied to Chinese propaganda efforts

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China tortured detained British diplomat says UK government

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The Trump administration will issue economic sanctions against international officials who are investigating possible war crimes by American troops in Afghanistan and bar them from entering the United States. President Trump ordered the restrictions as a warning to the International Criminal Court

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US hasn't taken action to withdraw from WHO despite Trump pledge

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Police around the world have 'not learned' the appropriate times to use tear gas, according to an investigation across 22 countries

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Nigel Farage loses LBC radio show 'with immediate effect' after comparing Black Lives Matter protesters to the Taliban

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Unesco urged to declare Great Barrier Reef 'in danger'

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6/11/2020

Zoom closed the account of a group of prominent U.S.-based Chinese activists after they held a Zoom event commemorating the 31st anniversary of the June 4 Tiananmen Square Massacre,

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The UK coronavirus death toll would have been halved if Boris Johnson had locked down just one week earlier, says his former scientific adviser

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In UK children beg to go back to school after being locked down in abusive homes: Charities say the Domestic Abuse Bill needs to recognise the impact on children after record number of helpline calls in May.

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Supertrawlers ‘making a mockery’ of UK’s protected seas: Vast vessels spent almost 3,000 hours fishing in officially protected areas in 2019

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'Exceptionally Troubling' - Researchers Show Hack-for-Hire Operation Targeted Groups Fighting for Climate Action and Net Neutrality: "If the investigation demonstrates that Exxon is behind these attacks, it only shows how far the fossil fuel industry will go to silence critics," said 350.org

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Scottish Parliament votes for immediate suspension of tear gas, rubber bullet and riot shield exports to US

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Norwegian white nationalist gets 21 years for slaying, mosque attack

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Twitter is trying to stop people from sharing articles they have not read, in an experiment the company hopes will “promote informed discussion” on social media

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Hong Kong to establish new police unit to enforce new security laws

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Australian Senators unite to block Pauline Hanson’s ‘all lives matter’ motion

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Lloyds Bank fined $81 million for overcharging mortgage customers

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Indigenous groups in Australia overwhelmed with support due to Black Lives Matter rallies

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Mass Extinctions Are Accelerating, Scientists Report

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Toppled statue of slave trader Edward Colston retrieved from harbour. Plans are to display it in a local museum with protest signs and banners

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More students think they are not getting good value for money from university, suggests an annual survey. It found 31% of students thought their courses were poor or very poor value, up from 29% last year.

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Black Lives Matter protests 'completely unacceptable', Scott Morrison says in call for demonstrators to be charged

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Brazil deforested 10,000 square km of Amazon rainforest in 2019, up 34% on year

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BHP to destroy at least 40 Aboriginal sites, up to 15,000 years old, to expand Pilbara mine

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81 killed in bloody Boko Haram attack in Nigerian village

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Russian bombers intercepted 8 miles from US airspace

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Racism Is Surging in Germany. Tens of Thousands Are Taking to the Streets to Call for Justice

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Keir Starmer Shames A ‘Proud’ Boris Johnson Over 40,000 Coronavirus Deaths: Labour leader reminds prime minister the UK has one of the highest death tolls in the world.

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EU backs Twitter in Trump fact-check row

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Five international banks and investment funds invested a combined $6 billion in oil extraction projects in the western Amazon between 2017 and 2019, a new report shows. The region, known as the Sacred Headwaters of the Amazon, is recognized as being the most biodiverse on the planet.

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6/10/2020

Boris Johnson says US 'bastion of peace and freedom' amid mass protests against police brutality

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‘Not if, but when’: Military coup threats rattle Brazil as coronavirus deaths surge

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Putin fury: Russian oil spill pollutes Arctic waters in worst accident of modern times

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Ethiopia will plant 5 billion trees this year to tackle climate change

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The wife of a former Putin ally has donated £325,000 to Boris Johnson's Conservatives as he continues to sit on a report into Russian interference

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People who ignore social distancing rules may have psychopathic personality traits, study finds

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Indigenous chief says Canadian police beat him over expired licence plate

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EU says China behind 'huge wave' of Covid-19 disinformation

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Medic burned alive while working on UK-funded project after being accused of witchcraft

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Two Canadian Police Officers Have Been Charged After Killing Potential Witness: Two Alberta RCMP officers killed Clayton Crawford at a truck stop in 2018. Now, amid protests across the world over police brutality, the pair have been charged.

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Save the Insects, Save the Farmers, Save Ourselves: New Global Report Calls for End of Industrial Agriculture: "The evidence is clear: pesticide use is wiping out insect populations and ecosystems around the world, and threatening food production."

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Widespread mask-wearing could prevent COVID-19 second waves, study shows

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'Miss Hitler' contestant sentenced to three years in prison

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Brazil reported 32,091 new cases of coronavirus and 1,272 new deaths for the last 24 hours

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A New Investigation Alleges That Some Of Mexico’s Largest Tequila Brands Are Laundering Money For Drug Cartels

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Canada doubles weapons sales to Saudi Arabia despite moratorium

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Nigel Farage criticised for likening Black Lives Matter protests to the Taliban

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Robert Milligan: Slave trader statue removed from outside London museum

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Nurse Traumatised After Being Trampled By Police Horse At Black Lives Matter Protest: Jessie Tieti Mawutu was at the anti-racism demonstration in London when mounted police officers charged at protesters.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the push for members of the RCMP to use body cameras is just "one measure amongst many" that the government is looking at in its effort to address systemic racism.

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Police Accused of Unlawful Tactics at London BLM Protests

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Prince Andrew charity broke law by paying trustee £350,000

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‘No offence, but you’re a black man’: UK police to examine video of white officer stopping black driver because there were ‘drug dealers’ in area

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EU rejects any US attempt to invoke Iran deal: The EU said Tuesday that since the United States has already withdrawn from an agreement curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions, it can’t now use its former membership of the pact to try to impose a permanent arms embargo on Iran.

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