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Saudi Arabia Confirms Khashoggi Was Killed in Instabul Consulate
Yahoo Daily News 19 Oct 2018
In a major development in the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia on Friday, 19 October, confirmed that Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this month ... (This is a developing story, more details soon.). ... ....
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Scientists Finally Find Proof That Earth's Core Is Solid
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
Researchers from the Australian National University are confident they have found direct proof for the first time, that the Earth’s inner core is solid — albeit a little bit squishy, Newsweek reports.In a paper published in the journal Science, Hrvoje Tkalčić, an associate professor, and Than-Son Phạm, a scholar, both at ANU, describe how they detected so-called "shear waves" or “J waves” in the inner core....
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Dave Chappelle thinks Kanye West was ‘having a manic episode’ during Trump meeting
Metro UK 20 Oct 2018
Dave doesn’t agree with Kanye’s politics (Picture. Getty). Dave Chappelle has suggested that Kanye West was having a ‘manic episode’ while meeting with President Donald Trump at the Oval Office ... And the rapper’s friend Dave Chappelle has some thoughts about the whole bizarre scenario. The comedian was performing alongside Jon Stewart at Dublin’s 3Arena, with the stars joined by Michelle Wolf for their Ask A Comedian section ... More ... He said....
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Ethiopia's massive new dam threatens Egypt's River Nile
CNN 20 Oct 2018
(CNN)Look at Egypt on Google Earth and you will see a green line snaking through a sand-colored landscape, fanning out into a triangle in the north. This emerald ribbon is the vegetation that grows on either side of the Nile River and around its delta. It is Egypt's only fertile land -- and testament to the country's reliance on this fabled waterway ... That could be about to change. Ethiopia's very big dam. Read More ... Photos ... Hide Caption ... ....
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FBI Expands Search For Missing Wisconsin Teenager To Entire United States
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
After more than 1,000 tips and 100 people participated in a local search party in Barron County, Wisconsin, the FBI said they were expanding the search nationwide for 13-year-old Jayme Closs after she went missing on Monday after her parents were found shot to death in their home, according to ABC News ... But officials said their daughter Jayme was nowhere to be found ... "That's why those leads are so important." ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Migrants camp on bridge between Guatemala and Mexico as U.S. pressure mounts
This is Money 20 Oct 2018
By Delphine Schrank. TECUN UMAN, Guatemala, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Central American migrants bedded down overnight on a bridge separating Guatemala and Mexico, many squeezed against a metal border gate, as efforts to halt a trek north by a caravan of thousands of people gathered pace under U.S. pressure. U.S ... Several complained they had been teargassed ... Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met top officials in Mexico City ... "You know why....
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At least 60 killed as train crashes into crowd in India
Belfast Telegraph 20 Oct 2018
A speeding train has crashed into a crowd watching fireworks during a religious festival in northern India, killing at least 60 people and injuring dozens more, police said. The train failed to stop after the accident on the outskirts of Amritsar, a city in Punjab state, said local politician Pratap Singh Bajwa. Railway police said that the death toll had risen to 60. Another 50 people have been injured and are in hospital ... He said ... ....
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National Security Adviser Urges Trump To Withdraw From Russian Nuclear Arms Treaty
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
John Bolton is pushing for the United States to withdraw from a cold war-era arms control treaty with Russia, in the face of resistance from others in the Trump administration and U.S. allies, according to sources briefed on the initiative, The Guardian reports.Bolton, Donald Trump’s third national security adviser, has issued a recommendation for withdrawal from the 1987 intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty (INF), which the U.S....
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Apple CEO urges Bloomberg to retract spying chips story
Sify 20 Oct 2018
San Francisco. Apple CEO Tim Cook is urging Bloomberg to retract its story about an alleged embedded Chinese spying chips that compromised about 30 companies including the servers of Apple ... "There is no truth in their story about Apple," Cook told BuzzFeed News. "They need to do that right thing and retract it." ... "Apple has never found malicious chips, hardware manipulations or vulnerabilities purposely planted in any server," it said ... ....
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North Korean hacker group stole $571 mn in crypto attacks
Sify 20 Oct 2018
San Francisco. A North Korean hacking group called Lazarus has stolen cryptocurrencies worth more than half a billion this year ... Lazarus is a hacking group which has been linked to a string of attacks against everything from banks to government agencies across the world ... ....
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Fentanyl Smuggled From China Blamed In Deaths Of Thousands Of Americans
WorldNews.com 19 Oct 2018
The U.S. government blames China’s Zheng drug trafficking organization for the deaths of thousands of Americans from overdoses of synthetic opioids, the Los Angeles Times reports.The operation was hardly clandestine ... The group was so adept at smuggling, and so brazen in its marketing, that it offered a money-back guarantee to buyers if its goods were seized by U.S ... states. U.S ... 1 cause of opioid-related overdose deaths ... Gen....
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British relatives of Nazi victims seeking German passport as Brexit looms
The Independent 20 Oct 2018
Under the article, former German citizens who were deprived of citizenship on “political, racial, or religious grounds” are entitled to have citizenship reinstated ... ....
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Prince Harry opens memorial as royal tour continues
Wtop 20 Oct 2018
SYDNEY (AP) — Prince Harry paid tribute to Australian service members by opening a new wing of a war memorial on Saturday before heading to a delayed opening of the Invictus Games as he and wife Meghan continued their visit to Australia and the South Pacific ... A project worth 40 million Australian dollars ($28.4 million) has finally realized the memorial’s original design ... Copyright © 2018 The Associated Press ... More News ... ....
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Meditation can help lower eye pressure in glaucoma patients
Deccan Chronicle 20 Oct 2018
New Delhi. Meditation can help lower eye pressure in patients suffering from glaucoma, according to a recent study by doctors at the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here. The study was done at RP Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences in collaboration with Integral Health Clinic, Department of Physiology and Genetics Lab in the Department of Anatomy at the AIIMS ... said. The study was funded by the Ministry of AYUSH ... ....
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Russian woman charged in first 2018 election meddling case
The Times of India 20 Oct 2018
WASHINGTON ... Those methods have been exposed by an investigation from special counsel Robert Mueller into possible coordination between Russia and Donald Trump's campaign ... ....
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