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Husband of LA district attorney charged after pointing gun at Black Lives Matter protesters
Read More David Lacey, whose wife Jackie Lacey is running for re-election, has been charged with multiple firearm assaults The husband of the Los Angeles district attorney has been charged with multiple firearm assaults after he pointed a gun at Black Lives Matter activists and said, “I will shoot you.” David Lacey, whose wife Jackie…
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A Massive Explosion Rocks Lebanon’s Capital, Beirut
Read More NPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks with journalist Nada Homsi about a massive explosion Tuesday in Lebanon’s capital. NPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks with journalist Nada Homsi about a massive explosion Tuesday in Lebanon’s capital.
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Parisian Businesses Say Lack Of Tourists Can Feel Frustrating
Read More Every August Parisians leave and the tourists head to the French capital. But this year, the tourism industry is hurting, even as some Parisians enjoy a rare chance to explore their city. Every August Parisians leave and the tourists head to the French capital. But this year, the tourism industry is hurting, even…
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Nearly 250-Year-Old Shoe Company Sees A Spike In Popularity Amid The Pandemic
Read More As people turn to “comfort fashion” during the pandemic, the Birkenstock shoe company, founded in 1774, is seeing its sandals spike in popularity. As people turn to “comfort fashion” during the pandemic, the Birkenstock shoe company, founded in 1774, is seeing its sandals spike in popularity.
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‘Sexually suggestive’ or ‘get your mind out of the gutter’? Audi banana girl ad yanked after bizarre controversy
Read More After a social media outcry, Audi has pulled an ad showing a little girl eating a banana while leaning on a car. Those objecting remarked on everything from her pose to the ‘phallic’ fruit. Others pronounced it perfectly innocent. The German car company publicly retracted the ad on Monday, after an outbreak of…
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AFM, a Biennial Polio-Like Viral Illness, Is Expected to Hit the U.S. in 2020
Read More Nobody foresaw the COVID-19 curveball nature was going to throw at us 2020—which is one of the reasons the world has had so much trouble ducking the pitch. But we’ve know for years that another disease, known as acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), would hit hard this year—beginning this month, in fact. The U.S.…
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Martin Margiela: In His Own Words Explores the Revolutionary Designer’s Secrets—Without Ever Showing His Face
Read More Miraculously, the revolutionary Belgian designer Martin Margiela—from his start in the late 1980s until 2008, when he left the house that bears his name—has never shown his face in public. His creations—angular white tunics poised to take wing, strangely erotic soft leather boots with a tabi-style split toe—could be jarringly conceptual or starkly…
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‘We’re cursed’: shock and despair in Beirut as explosion devastates city
Read More Lebanese capital in state of chaos as people grapple with scale of blast that has injured thousands Beirut explosion – live updates Full report: huge explosion rocks Beirut As a ghostly brown haze began to clear, the streets of east Beirut emerged in apocalyptic ruin. Even 4km from the centre of the blast…
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Landmark obesity guidelines in Canada treat problem as chronic illness
Read More Guidelines appear to be first to urge handling health issue as complex disease, not just a question of weight loss Pioneering guidelines on obesity management published on Tuesday in Canada are challenging doctors to consider the health problem as a complex chronic illness rather than something a little diet and exercise can cure.…
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Huge explosion rocks Lebanon’s capital Beirut: Live updates
Read MoreHundreds wounded in huge explosion that ripped through Lebanese capital, according to the country’s health minister.Hundreds wounded in huge explosion that ripped through Lebanese capital, according to the country’s health minister.
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‘Catastrophe’: Lebanese PM pleads for help as over 30 people confirmed dead & 3,000 injured in Beirut blasts
Read More Lebanon’s health minister has confirmed 30 deaths following explosions in the country’s capital, with thousands more injured. The blasts are under investigation, with early reports linking it to stored fireworks and chemicals. Two blasts struck the port area of Beirut, with the first hitting at around 6pm local time. The second appeared much…
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U.N. chief: World faces 'generational catastrophe' from school closings
Read More United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday that the world faces a “generational catastrophe” because so many schools have been closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. “The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the largest disruption of education ever,” the U.N. chief said. The pandemic has killed nearly 700,000 people across the globe.…
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Neil Young sues Donald Trump campaign for using his music
Read More Musician files lawsuit against the president for copyright infringement after Rockin’ in the Free World and Devil’s Sidewalk were played at a rally Neil Young is suing Donald Trump’s campaign for alleged illegal usage of his music at a rally. The musician claims that Rockin’ in the Free World and Devil’s Sidewalk were…
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Manchester to build first city-centre park in 100 years
Read More Mayfield park is part of government investment in outdoor spaces in response to coronavirus The government is to contribute millions to fund Manchester’s first city-centre park in 100 years, as part of a series of investments in outdoor spaces in response to the coronavirus crisis. The new 6.5-acre Mayfield park, touted as a…
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Clean Cooking Transition: Pathways as Seen by Kenyan Villagers
Read More AMSTERDAM, Aug 04 (IPS) – Eco Matser is Program Manager at HivosThe Sustainable Development goals on energy speak clear: universal access energy and clean cooking by 2030 (SDG7). But the current efforts are still lagging several steps behind the specific needs of the communities and are not enough to achieve energy access for…
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Two massive explosions rock Beirut, wounding dozens
Read MoreLebanese media carried images of people trapped under rubble, some bloodied, after the huge explosions.Lebanese media carried images of people trapped under rubble, some bloodied, after the huge explosions.
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Beirut blast: Explosion rocks city ahead of Hariri verdict
Read MoreLebanon’s health minister says there are many injuries and severe damage in the city’s port area.Lebanon’s health minister says there are many injuries and severe damage in the city’s port area.
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Ashley C. Ford Joins TIME as TIME100 Talks Correspondent
Read More (New York, NY — August 4, 2020) – Today, TIME announced that writer and host Ashley C. Ford joins as a correspondent for TIME100 Talks, TIME’s new weekly series that convenes extraordinary leaders from every field to spotlight solutions and encourage action toward a better world. As a TIME100 Talks correspondent, Ashley will…
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Beirut explosion: huge blast engulfs port and rips through Lebanon capital
Read More Scale and cause of blast still being assessed but multiple injuries expected Full report: Huge explosion in Beirut shatters windows and rocks buildings 5.23pm BST Hello, Oliver Holmes here. You will have seen reports of the massive explosion at Beirut’s central port that has been felt far across the city. We will be…
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Massive Explosion in Beirut Triggers Widespread Destruction and Injuries
Read More (BEIRUT) — A massive explosion shook Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Tuesday wounding a number people and causing widespread damage. The afternoon blast shook several parts of the capital and thick smoke billowed from the city center. Residents reported windows being blown out and a false ceilings dropping. The explosion appeared to be centered…
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Massive explosion rocks central Beirut
Read MoreA huge explosion has rocked central Beirut, according to multiple eyewitness reports.A huge explosion has rocked central Beirut, according to multiple eyewitness reports.
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Wildfire near Los Angeles was sparked by malfunctioning diesel vehicle, officials say
Read More Vehicle spewing burning carbon from its exhaust system ignited several fires that have forced thousands of people to evacuate A wildfire in mountains east of Los Angeles that has forced thousands of people from their homes was sparked by a malfunctioning diesel vehicle, fire officials said Monday. The vehicle spewed burning carbon from…
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Donald Trump flounders in interview over US Covid-19 death toll
Read More President again says he is doing ‘incredible job’ fighting pandemic and casts doubt on Jeffrey Epstein’s cause of death * Coronavirus – latest updates * See all our coronavirus coverageDonald Trump visibly floundered in an interview when pressed on a range of issues, including the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the…
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Donald Trump flounders in interview over US Covid-19 death toll
Read More President again says he is doing ‘incredible job’ fighting pandemic and casts doubt on Jeffrey Epstein’s cause of death Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Donald Trump visibly floundered in an interview when pressed on a range of issues, including the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the US,…
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Bellingcat founder in Twitter meltdown after getting accused of ‘STEALING’ Assange’s quote describing WikiLeaks for own book
Read More There’s evidently only room for one “people’s intelligence agency,” as Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins demonstrated in a recent twitter tirade against WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, over the descriptor. A new book by Higgins on Bellingcat bills the organization as an “intelligence agency for the people.” Which ‘people’ he means is up…
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Charles Darwin, Expression, and the Harmful Legacy of Eugenics
Read More In 1872, with the publication of “The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals,” Charles Darwin went rogue. Only a decade after the anatomist Duchenne de Boulogne’s produced the first neurology text illustrated by photographs, Darwin claimed to be the first to use photographs in a scientific publication to actually document the…
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Religion & the Pandemic: A Call Beyond the Here & Now
Read More Read the full story, “Religion & the Pandemic: A Call Beyond the Here & Now”, on globalissues.org → Read the full story, “Religion & the Pandemic: A Call Beyond the Here & Now”, on globalissues.org →
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Belarus president says opponents trying to organise massacre
Read More Alexander Lukashenko makes claim as closest presidential election in decades looms The authoritarian president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, has accused his opponents of trying to organise a massacre in the centre of Minsk, as he seeks to shore up support ahead of the country’s most unpredictable elections in a generation. In a speech…
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Address Malnutrition with Food Insecurity
Read More KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug 04 (IPS) – The 2020 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization and its United Nations partners in mid-July, reports that chronic hunger continued to increase to 690 million worldwide in 2019, 60 million more than in 2014. Read the…
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Beach SOS saves men stranded on tiny Micronesian island
Read MoreThe Micronesian men were spotted by Australian and US aircraft after being reported missing on Saturday.The Micronesian men were spotted by Australian and US aircraft after being reported missing on Saturday.
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Accrington murder trial accused says stranger offered to pay him to dispose of body
Read More Body of Lindsay Birbeck discovered in shallow grave in Lancashire cemetery A teenager accused of murdering a teaching assistant said he was offered money by a stranger to move her body, a jury has heard. The naked body of Lindsay Birbeck, 47, wrapped in two plastic bags, was discovered in a shallow grave…
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Google-Fitbit takeover: EU expands launches full-scale probe
Read MoreThe European Commission’s move has the potential to derail the $2.1bn takeover.The European Commission’s move has the potential to derail the $2.1bn takeover.
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If Corporations Really Want to Address Racial Inequality, Here Are 9 Things That Actually Make a Difference
Read More Since protests over the killing of George Floyd erupted across the country, I’ve received numerous calls from corporate CEOs who want to know what they should do, and where can they quickly donate $10 million dollars to advance the cause of racial justice? The first thing I do is remind them of Martin…
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Young child among 43 cruise ship passengers with virus
Read MoreThe outbreak on the MS Roald Amundsen raised new questions about safety on cruise ships during the pandemic.The outbreak on the MS Roald Amundsen raised new questions about safety on cruise ships during the pandemic.