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Nasa preparing for arrival of ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid Apophis
Metro UK 19 Aug 2019
The space rock due to buzz Earth is big enough to destroy a city (Photo. Getty). A monster asteroid named after an Egyptian God of Chaos is due to travel so close to Earth that billions of people will be able to see it with the naked eye ... Advertisement. Advertisement. In a piece of cosmic irony, Apophis will fly past on Friday, April 13, 2029 ... By 7 p.m ... ....
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Twitter, Facebook Suspend Accounts Linked To Chinese Efforts To Undermine Hong Kong Protests
WorldNews.com 20 Aug 2019photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko
Russian Nuclear Monitoring Stations Went Offline After Missile Test Explosion
WorldNews.com 19 Aug 2019
Two Russia-based nuclear monitoring stations went quiet after an August 8 explosion at a Russian missile testing facility, according to a spokesperson for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization on Monday, according to The Moscow Times ... U.S ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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'Dismay' As Iran Upholds 10-Year Spying Sentence For British Council Worker
WorldNews.com 19 Aug 2019
An Iranian court has dashed hopes that the 10-year sentence given to a British Council worker on spying charges could be reduced, The Independent reported.Aras Amiri, a London-based Iranian citizen, was detained in March 2018 while traveling to Tehran to visit her sick grandmother....
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Discovery Of New Exoplanet Offers Clues To Formation Of Planetary Systems
WorldNews.com 20 Aug 2019
Like its big sister b Pictoris b, discovered by Lagrange and her team in 2009, it is a gassy giant.Visible with the naked eye, Beta Pictoris — with a mass nearly twice that of the Sun — is a newborn by comparison....
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Saudi State TV Reports Coalition Strike On Houthi Military Targets In Yemen
WorldNews.com 20 Aug 2019
The Abha airport serves as one of the primary bases for Royal Saudi Air Force attacks against the Shiite Yemeni militia.The news comes amid an impasse in the coalition over control over the southern port of Aden that has blocked attempts by Riyadh to organize a summit for a new Sunni Yemeni coalition government ... However, estimates vary wildly ... ....
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Hackers Can Figure Out Passwords From Sound Of Typing, Study Finds
WorldNews.com 19 Aug 2019
Hackers can figure out a person’s password by simply listening to them type on a keyboard, according to a new cyber security study, The Independent reports ... "We wanted to understand if what you’re typing on your laptop, or any keyboard for that matter, could be sensed by just those mobile phones that are sitting on the same table ... ....
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Is Changing The Statue of Liberty’s Poem And History A Step Towards Fascism?
WorldNews.com 19 Aug 2019
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling President Donald Trump has evidently ordered acting Director of the Citizenship and Immigration Services, Ken Cuccineli, to change the poem at the base of America’s foremost symbol of liberty and inclusiveness. The Statue of Liberty ... The wretched refuse of your teeming shore....
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New York Police Department Fires Officer For Deadly Chokehold Which Killed Eric Garner
WorldNews.com 19 Aug 2019
New York Police Commissioner James O'Neill announced the NYPD officer who used a fatal chokehold on Eric Garner in 2014 was fired on Monday, according to USA Today. Officer Daniel Pantaleo was suspended earlier this month after a departmental judge said the officer should be fired ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Court Absolves Woman In Controversial Abortion Trial In El Salvador
WorldNews.com 19 Aug 2019
A young woman in El Salvador was absolved of aggravated homicide on Monday after she gave birth to a stillborn child and was sentenced to 30 years following a historic retrial, according to BBC News ... Abortion in the Central American country is illegal in all circumstances and those found guilty of the crime face between two and eight years in jail....
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Pentagon tests cruise missile with over 500km reach, so INF treaty is now definitely toast
Boing Boing 19 Aug 2019photo: Creative Commons / Cécile Pallares Brzezinski
Restoration Workers Return To Notre Dame Cathedral After Toxic Lead Scare
WorldNews.com 20 Aug 2019
Workers are required to clean their clothing daily.The French government's top official for the Paris region, Michel Cadot, approved the resumption of the works after visiting the site."I saw that the different recommendations of the labor inspectors had been implemented." ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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US prisons chief removed after cell death of sex accused Jeffrey Epstein
Belfast Telegraph 19 Aug 2019
US attorney general William Barr has removed the acting director of the Bureau of Prisons from his position more than a week after millionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in federal custody ... The FBI and the Justice Department’s inspector general are investigating his death ... Hugh Hurwitz (Susan Walsh/AP) ... PA. ....
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Earth has ‘no defence’ against apocalypse asteroids, Elon Musk warns
Metro UK 19 Aug 2019
A doomsday space rock could wipe out millions or even cause the extinction of humanity (Provider. Getty). Elon Musk has warned that Earth has ‘no defence’ against gigantic asteroids ... Musk tweeted. ‘Great name! Wouldn’t worry about this particular one, but a big rock will hit Earth eventually & we currently have no defence.’ ... Advertisement ... Getty) ... ....
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Mississippi ICE Raids Separate Mom From Her Breastfeeding Baby For More Than 12 Days
WorldNews.com 19 Aug 2019
One mother of three who was detained while working at a Mississippi poultry processing plant by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers earlier this month has been held away from her nursing 4-month-old daughter, according to The Huffington Post ... Michael's Catholic Church in Forest, Mississippi, interpreting for the father....
