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Trump warns the US is ‘locked and loaded’ after attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities
Yahoo Daily News 16 Sep 2019
Asked about Gregory Cheadle's comments, Mr Trump said he did not know who he was. Getty Images. The US believes it knows who was behind the damaging drone attacks on two Saudi Arabian oil facilities and is "locked and loaded", Donald Trump has warned ... Houthi rebels who are battling Saudi led forces in Yemen have claimed responsibility for the strikes....
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NASA lunar probe to fly over landing site tomorrow, may shed new light on Vikram
Indian Express 16 Sep 2019
As ISRO figures out what happened to the Vikram lander of Chandrayaan-2, after it lost contact with the ground station barely a few hundred metres above the Moon in the early hours of September 7, a NASA probe is expected to reveal new information once it flies over the landing site on Tuesday. Advertising ... Advertising ... Best Of Express ... British MP ... ....
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Saudi oil attacks: Iran condemns US 'deceit' after accusation
BBC News 15 Sep 2019
Mr Zarif took to Twitter to deride the US secretary of state, saying that "having failed at max pressure, Sec Pompeo's turning to max deceit". He was referring to the Trump administration's stated "maximum pressure campaign" which has targeted Iran with sanctions ... "We call on all nations to publicly and unequivocally condemn Iran's attacks." ... ....
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Cannon and tear gas at Hong Kong protest
The Telegraph India 15 Sep 2019photo: Presidenza della Repubblica
Italy’s far-right party leader Salvini vows to return to power and issues warning to EU
The Independent 15 Sep 2019
Matteo Salvini, the leader of Italy’s far-right League party, has vowed to return to power and told the European Union (EU) his countrymen are "no one’s servant”. ... We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view. From 15p €0.18 $0.18 USD 0.27 a day, more exclusives, analysis and extras. Subscribe now....
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N Korea leader Kim invites Trump to Pyongyang in new letter
Al Jazeera 16 Sep 2019
Letter from Kim Jong Un was passed to Trump in August and talked of his willingness to resume stalled nuclear talks ... ....
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Putin builds war chest as Kremlin digs in for the next crisis
CNN 15 Sep 2019
(CNN)In the latest display of deepening cracks in the West's formerly unified economic campaign against Russia, France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told reporters Monday that "the time is right" for reconciliation in EU-Moscow relations ... Russia's ruling party takes a hit in Moscow election ... Read More ... Opinion ... Analysis ... ....
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Donald Trump defends Brett Kavanaugh over fresh misconduct allegation
The Times of India 16 Sep 2019
WASHINGTON. US President Donald Trump mounted an angry defence of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Sunday as the controversial judge faced calls for an investigation over fresh allegations of sexual misconduct ... “He is an innocent man who has been treated HORRIBLY. Such lies about him. They want to scare him into turning Liberal!” ... ....
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Edward Snowden: life after leaking – podcast
The Guardian 16 Sep 2019
Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden’s life was upended by his decision to expose his government’s programme of mass surveillance ... It instantly changed his life ... .......
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‘Johnson is a liar who only backed Leave to help his career’ – David Cameron
The Observer 15 Sep 2019
Boris Johnson is a liar who only backed the Leave campaign to help his career and Michael Gove was a “foam-flecked Faragist” whose “one quality” was disloyalty, David Cameron writes in his memoirs ... “It didn’t take long to figure out Leave’s obsession,” he writes. “Why focus on a country that wasn’t an EU member? ... It was blatant.” ... disloyalty ... ....
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India boat accident: 12 dead and dozens missing after vessel capsizes on swollen river
The Independent 15 Sep 2019
A sightseeing boat capsized on a swollen river in southern India on Sunday, killing 12 people and leaving 35 others missing, an official said ... A search operation was underway to try to find the missing people. We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view ... Subscribe now ... Support free-thinking journalism and attend Independent events ... ....
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Ex-Google worker fears 'killer robots' could cause mass atrocities
The Observer 15 Sep 2019
A new generation of autonomous weapons or “killer robots” could accidentally start a war or cause mass atrocities, a former top Google software engineer has warned ... Nolan said killer robots not guided by human remote control should be outlawed by the same type of international treaty that bans chemical weapons ... ....
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Oil surges, stock futures slip after attack on Saudi facility
The Times of India 16 Sep 2019
Oil prices surged to six-month highs on Monday while Wall Street futures fell and safe-haven bets returned after weekend attacks on Saudi Arabia's crude facilities knocked out more than 5% of global oil supply. U.S ... Brent crude soared 13% at $68.06 after earlier rising to $71.95 ... Australian were down 0.1% while South Korea's KOSPI was a tad higher ... ....
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Pakistan could lose conventional war with India: Imran Khan
Live Mint 15 Sep 2019
New Delhi. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said there was no question of talking to New Delhi after India revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, while warning about the possibility of a conventional war with India that could go beyond the subcontinent ... He said that Pakistan would never start a war ... The unthinkable," he said ... ....
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In the event of a killer asteroid, volcanic apocalypse, or nuclear holocaust, mushrooms could save humanity from extinction
The Times of India 15 Sep 2019
About 66 million years ago, an asteroid plummeted through Earth's atmosphere and crashed into the sea floor, creating an explosion over 6,500 times more powerful than the nuclear bomb the US dropped on Hiroshima. The impact sent clouds of debris and sulfur into Earth's atmosphere, blocking the sun's light and warmth for about two years ... cannibalism ... ....
