Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro Accused of Widespread Electoral Fraud


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'We Have Less Time Than We Thought': New Study Shows Oceans Have Retained Far More Heat Than Previously Believed


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Mexico’s Supreme Court Legalizes Cabbabis For Recreational Use


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China is creating concentration camps disguised as "re-education" camps, making people to give voice, blood and DNA samples and forcing people to live with loyal party cadres. All in a bid to assimilate Uighur Chinese in the economically important Xinjiang region.


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Universities raided and professors threatened as Brazil elects far-right President -- Universities across Brazil were raided ahead of last Sunday’s election, with police “questioning professors and confiscating materials belonging to students and professors.”


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Authorities are investigating the deaths of 2 immigrant Saudi sisters who were found washed up on the New York City waterfront after applying for political asylum


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Thailand blazes ahead with push to legalise medical marijuana use


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U.S. border agents have denied entry to Canadians who admitted to smoking pot legally, mayor alleges


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Coca-Cola, Kellogg’s and Nestle are among 250 major brands pledging to cut all plastic waste from their operations – a move described by the UN as the most ambitious effort yet to fight plastic pollution.


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Last bookshop in Hong Kong selling titles banned by Communist Party on mainland has closed, marking last chapter of city’s historic independent publishing scene. Rumours People’s Bookshop shut its doors after pressure from government, which is aligned with Beijing.


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UK confirms reports of Chinese mass internment camps for Uighur Muslims -British diplomats who visited Xinjiang have confirmed that reports of mass internment camps for Uighur Muslims were “broadly true”, the foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has told parliament.


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Scientists at the Cern nuclear physics lab near Geneva are investigating whether a bizarre and unexpected new particle popped into existence during experiments at the Large Hadron Collider.


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Jamal Khashoggi strangled as soon as he entered consulate, Istanbul prosecutor confirms


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Man Says He 'Might Have Lost It a Bit' After Killing Son Over Burned Omelet


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Pick up poo or we take the dog: Chinese city rolls out 'social credit' system for pet owners - Chinese cities are launching a scoring system for dog owners where anyone found failing to care for their pets could be forced to pay a fine - or even have their dog confiscated.


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Leaked Documents show Trump administration was told “only small percentage” of caravan migrants would reach border


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Facebook loses a million European users in three months


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One month of abstinence from cannabis improves memory in adolescents, young adults


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Mark Zuckerberg has been summoned to appear before MPs from both the UK and Canadian parliaments, as the fallout from Facebook's data scandals continue.


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After 8 years on death row for blasphemy, a Christian woman in Pakistan has her sentence overturned


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Anger in Indonesia after Saudi Arabia goes ahead with execution of maid who killed employer 'in self-defence'


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Prince Ahmad bin Abdulaziz, the younger brother of King Salman, has returned to Saudi Arabia -- with UK and US security guarantees -- to mount a challenge to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman or find someone who can.


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A Christian woman who was sentenced to death in Pakistan for blasphemy has won her appeal and been acquitted in a landmark ruling.


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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

How one scientist convinces skeptics that faith and climate action aren't at odds

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Startup company creates plastic that is safe enough to eat and will biodegrade with zero harm to environment VIA Forbes


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This is the 'last generation' that can save nature, WWF says


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Trophy Hunter Claude Kleynhans Killed By Buffalo After Shooting One


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To shame a prince, activists want to rename street in front of Saudi embassy in D.C. ‘Jamal Khashoggi Way’


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A Massive Oil Spill On Pakistan's Coastline Is Threatening All Sea Life And No One’s Taking Responsibility


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RIP, Kepler: Revolutionary Planet-Hunting Telescope Goes Dead


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Scientists Confirm China as Major Source of Banned Ozone-Depleting Chemicals


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This is the 'last generation that can save nature, WWF says


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Iran attempted political assassination in Denmark: PET (Danish intelligence services)


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Scientists are terrified that Brazil’s new president will destroy 'the lungs of the planet'


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The mayor of Estevan, Saskatchewan, says local residents have been turned away at the nearby U.S. border after admitting to past pot use. "Even people that might have smoked it 20, 30 years ago, they're being asked, 'Have you ever smoked cannabis?' when they get to the U.S. border."


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Ecuador tells Julian Assange that cleaning the cat box is not "violating his fundamental rights"


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Two days after the worst anti-Semitic massacre ever on American soil, Vice President Mike Pence opens a campaign event with a Christian "Rabbi" whose goal is to convert Jews to Christianity.


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Increased Logging Is Decimating Forests in the Solomon Islands: Much of the exported wood—more than 80%—is going to China.


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UK Income tax cuts for millions of workers announced in Philip Hammond’s budget will “overwhelmingly benefit richer households”, analysis has found, with almost half set to go to the top 10% of households.


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Trump proposes executive order that ends birthright Citizenship.


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Brazil: Experts warn of Bolsonaro threat to the Amazon. Brazil's president-elect Jair Bolsonaro has threatened to close environment agencies and throw open indigenous territories to development. But he would stay in the Paris Agreement.


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Unemployed white South Africans blocked from registering on government jobs website


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'We've never seen this': massive Canadian glaciers shrinking rapidly | World news


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Bolsonaro Vows to Leave UN: It's Where Communists Meet


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Iranian intelligence agency had plans of an assassination on Danish soil, says Danish chief of intelligence


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Animal species becoming extinct in Haiti as deforestation nearly complete: Species of reptiles, amphibians and other vertebrates are becoming extinct in Haiti as deforestation has claimed more than 99% of the country's original wooded areas.


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German serial killer nurse goes on trial over 100 patients' deaths


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It’s been a hard day’s fight, but group of Japanese Beatles fans have lost bid to get police to hand over historic footage of band’s 1966 Japan visit. The superfans took battle for film — recorded by police as security measure — all the way to Supreme court, arguing it was “historical document.”


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93% of world's children breathing toxic air which 'stunts brains' and causes deadly disease


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Trump to terminate birthright citizenship


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Saudi Arabia forcing millions into starvation while world obsesses over murdered journalist


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