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China Denies US Navy Ship's Request For Port Visit In Hong Kong Amid Trade War Tensions
WorldNews.com 25 Sep 2018
American officials said Beijing denied a request for a U.S. Navy ship to visit Hong Kong on Tuesday, according to NBC News. The USS Wasp, an amphibious assault warship, was scheduled to make a port call in the former British colony of Hong Kong in October, according to diplomatic sources who spoke to Reuters. "The Chinese government did not approve a request for a U.S. port visit to Hong Kong by the USS Wasp," a spokeswoman for the U.S ... ....
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Bill Cosby Ruled A Sexually Violent Predator, Sentenced To Three To Ten Years In Prison
WorldNews.com 25 Sep 2018
The comic once known as 'America's Dad' for his role on The Cosby Show, Bill Cosby was sentenced "no less than three years and no more than ten years" in state prison for aggravated indecent assault on Tuesday, according to CNN. Earlier on Tuesday, a Pennsylvania judge ruled Cosby was a sexually violent predator which meant the 81-year-old would undergo counseling for life and would appear on the sex offenders' registry ... ....
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Japanese Rovers Send Back First Images Ever Taken On An Asteroid's Surface
WorldNews.com 25 Sep 2018
Over the weekend Japan’s Hayabusa-2 spacecraft successfully landed two rovers on an asteroid – the first in history, IFL Science reported.Those two little rovers, called Rover-1A and 1B but together MINERVA-II1, have returned some amazing images from their mission at asteroid Ryugu, 280 million kilometers (175 million miles) from Earth.The first image sent back came from Rover-1A on Sept. 21 ... 22....
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Trump Claims White House Has Accomplished 'More Than Almost Any Administration' To UNGA
WorldNews.com 25 Sep 2018
President Donald Trump touted his administration's accomplishments in his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday morning ranging new trade deals to increased national security, according to CBS News. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo previewed Trump's speech on Monday, noting how he would discuss the ongoing denuclearization efforts on the Korean Peninsula, Iran, and the issue of national sovereignty ... ... ... ... ... Not good!"....
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US Treasury Sanctions First Lady of Venezuela, Several Key Allies Of President Maduro
WorldNews.com 25 Sep 2018
The United States unveiled new sanctions on several allies and the wife of Venezuelan President of Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday, according to Reuters. The list included Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino, and first lady Cilia Flores, along with three entities and a private jet, according to a statement from the U.S. Treasury Department. The U.S ... government as "cowards." ... firms ... ....
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Trump stands alone as globe gathers
CNN 25 Sep 2018
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's national security adviser John Bolton brought a prop to the UN General Assembly to underscore the Trump administration's primary theme. the US stands on its own. Bolton waved a copy of the Constitution, a little booklet meant to symbolize the message of sovereignty US officials will hammer home during the year's largest gathering of world leaders ... an infringement on the people themselves." ... Haley....
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Anthony Bourdain cheated on me, too, Asia Argento reveals in tearful interview
South China Morning Post 25 Sep 2018
Asia Argento is shooting down speculation that she drove boyfriend Anthony Bourdain to commit suicide by cheating on him, in her first interview since the famed chef’s death nearly four months ago. In an emotional sit-down with DailyMailTV, published on Monday, the Italian actress revealed that Bourdain “cheated on me, too,” and detailed their “grown-up” relationship. Bourdain ate here ... ....
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards call Trump "evil and adventurous"
The Star 25 Sep 2018
LONDON (Reuters) - Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards called U.S. President Donald Trump "evil and adventurous" on Tuesday and accused him of waging economic war, as Washington's reimposed sanctions ramped up pressure on Tehran's economy ... ....
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Thai police discover bodies of British man, Thai wife
Yahoo Daily News 25 Sep 2018
Alan Hogg, a 64-year-old retired businessman, and his wife Nod Suddaen, 61, were reported missing from their home in the province of Phrae last week ... ....
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India's ruling party claims there's an 'international conspiracy' including France's Hollande against Narendra Modi
The Independent 25 Sep 2018
India’s ruling party is fighting back amid a scandal over a $9bn (£6.8bn) arms deal that saw the prime minister facing calls to resign ... ....
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Mourinho vows Pogba will never captain United again
RTE 25 Sep 2018
The feud between Paul Pogba and Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has reached a new low, with the Portuguese telling the World Cup winner he will never captain the club again ... "When we are at home we should attack, attack, attack," he said. "That's Old Trafford ... ....
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Portugal to accept 10 of 58 migrants on Aquarius ship
Xinhua 25 Sep 2018
PARIS, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Portugal announced Tuesday it would accept 10 of the 58 migrants aboard the rescue ship Aquarius following a deal with Spain and France, after France refused to let the humanitarian ship call at a Marseille port on Monday ... ....
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How Global Warming is Turbocharging Monster Storms Like Hurricane Florence
Newsweek 25 Sep 2018
As Hurricane Florence approached the tiny port town of Wilmington, North Carolina, Steven Pfaff took small solace in the knowledge that there hadn’t been much rainfall in August ... The office smelled like a woodshop....
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Trump flatters Rouhani: 'I'm sure he is an absolutely lovely man'
The Guardian 25 Sep 2018
Donald Trump has made a personal rapprochement to Hassan Rouhani, saying he was sure that the Iranian president was an “absolutely lovely man”. Trump plans new Kim summit a year after threat to destroy North Korea. Read more. In a move that has become a hallmark of the Trump presidency, the US president sought to make waves with an early morning tweet ... “Despite requests, I have no plans to meet Iranian president Hassan Rouhani ... .......
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Father of boy saved in Paris 'Spiderman' drama in court
The News International 25 Sep 2018
Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said at the time of the incident that the father also delayed his return because he wanted to play the popular Pokemon Go game on his phone ... "He is leaving his fate up to the court," Ruiz said ... Photo. AFP ... Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said at the time of the incident that the father also delayed his return because he wanted to play the popular Pokemon Go game on his phone ... ....
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