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Russia ‘bombed four hospitals in Syria in four hours’, report finds
The Independent 13 Oct 2019
The Russian Air Force has repeatedly bombed hospitals in Syria in order to crush the last pockets of resistance to President Bashar al-Assad, according to an investigation by The New York Times ... A new front in the conflict opened this week, when Turkish forces crossed the border as part of a campaign against a Kurdish-led militia ... Subscribe now....
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Woman dropped 40 metres from rescue helicopter among 19 dead in Japan typhoon
Metro UK 13 Oct 2019
More than 27,000 military troops and other aid personnel have been been deployed to help with the aftermath of Typhoon Hagibis (Picture. AP/Getty) ... She was taken to hospital but later died from her injuries ... Advertisement. Advertisement ... Mr Suga said ... The Tama River, which runs by Tokyo, spilled its banks, flooding homes and other buildings in the area ... ....
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Russia already HAS weapons that can penetrate ANY missile defense, but its development won’t stop ...
Russia Today 12 Oct 2019
Russian engineers have developed brand-new countermeasures to any foreign missile shield, Vladimir Putin has told reporters, adding that its existing weapons have also been upgraded, to meet the requirements of modern warfare ... But Russia has done its utmost to be one step ahead of its near-peer rivals, Putin assured his interviewer ... ....
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Defensive Mike Pompeo accuses reporter of working for Democrats after question about Ukraine texts
Raw Story 12 Oct 2019
In an interview clip shared by CNN’s Frederika Whitfield, a tense and defensive Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refused multiple times to answer whether he was working with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani during a trip to Warsaw, before accusing the reporter of working for the Democrats. In the clip, courtesy of WSMV […] ... ....
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Has He Been Found? Hunter Biden Steps Down From Chinese Firm Amid Criticism From Trump
Sputnik 13 Oct 2019
Donald Trump has previously called on China to investigate alleged illegal activities of Joe Biden’s son Hunter, following the latter’s leading position within a private Chinese company linked to state enterprises ... “Hunter undertook these business activities independently”, Biden’s attorney George Mesires said in a statement....
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US: Officer kills woman inside her Texas home after welfare call
Gulf News 13 Oct 2019
Fort Worth, Texas. A black woman was fatally shot by a white Fort Worth, Texas, officer inside her home early Saturday after police were called to the residence for a welfare check, authorities said ... One shot is then fired through a window. Police said in a statement that the woman was pronounced dead at the scene ... "I'm shaken. I'm mad. I'm upset ... ....
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‘World’s greatest archaeological dispute’ to be decided as Indian supreme court wraps up Ayodhya hearing
Yahoo Daily News 13 Oct 2019
India will this week wrap up a hearing on an archaeological dispute that has divided the nation for decades, pitting powerful organised religious groups against a deity itself ... The incident sparked riots across the country ... Mr Modi’s Hindu nationalist BJP campaigned on a pledge to build a new temple to Lord Ram on the demolished Babri Masjid site ... ....
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How Giuliani Associates Bought Their Way to Top of Republican Party
Voa News 13 Oct 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump says he doesn’t know the two Soviet-born associates of his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, who were indicted on charges of campaign finance violation Thursday. “I don’t know those gentlemen,” Trump said Thursday, referring to Ukrainian-born Lev Parnas and Belarus-born Igor Fruman ... Staunch supporters ... Deep State ... Former U.S ... ....
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Sturgeon to request fresh independence referendum 'within weeks'
The Observer 13 Oct 2019
Scottish National party leader Nicola Sturgeon will request another independence referendum from the prime minister in “a matter of weeks”, she said on Sunday ... Appearing on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show, she claimed rising support for independence amid fresh polling from Panelbase that put the Scottish public’s support for independence at 50% ... Facebook....
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Scientists Believe An Ancient Black Hole Could Be Within Our Own Solar System, Orbiting The Sun
IFL Science 13 Oct 2019
In 2016, researchers suggested that the bizarre orbits of six objects in the solar system's Kuiper Belt could be influenced by the gravity of a mysterious distant planet that scientists had never seen ... The black holecould have roughly 10 times Earth's mass and be the size of a bowling ball ... Or cosmic rays." ... Planet Nine ... Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC) ... Caltech ... ....
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Esper says Trump orders US troops to leave northern Syria
Pioneer Press 13 Oct 2019
WASHINGTON — Amid growing chaos in Syria, President Donald Trump has ordered all U.S. troops to withdraw from the country’s north to avoid a bloody conflict between Turkey and U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters that “gets worse by the hour,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday ... troops are leaving the country ... He did not say where they would go ... The U.S....
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Ecuadorian indigenous leaders agree to dialogue with government
China.dot.org 13 Oct 2019
QUITO, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador's Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie) said Saturday that it will take part in the "direct dialogue" advocated by Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno after ten days of anti-government protests ... Enditem ....
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John Henry Newman is first Briton to be canonised in 43 years
The Guardian 13 Oct 2019
Prince Charles described Victorian theologian as a ‘fearless defender of the truth’ at Vatican ceremony Prince Charles described John Henry Newman as a “fearless defender of the truth” after the British cardinal became a saint in front of an estimated 20,000 pilgrims in St Peter’s Square ... .......
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IS family members escape Syria camp
Middle East Online 13 Oct 2019
Families of Islamic State (IS) group members escaped a displacement camp in northern Syria where a Turkish offensive against Kurdish forces has sparked fierce fighting, Kurdish authorities said Sunday ... "Some were able to escape after bombardments that targeted" the camp, the statement added ... ....
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Kenya's Brigid Kosgei smashes 16-year women's marathon world record in Chicago
Russia Today 13 Oct 2019
Brigid Kosgei broke the world record set 16 years ago Britain's Paula Radcliffe as the Kenyan won the Chicago women’s marathon ... The 25-year-old retained her Chicago title with the win, adding it to her win in London earlier this year where she became the youngest ever winner of the race with a time of 2.18.20 ... WORLD RECORD ... ....
