| US intelligence suggests Russia was fishing Putin's doomsday missile out of the sea when it mysteriously exploded Posted: 29 Aug 2019 05:15 PM PDT  Sources familiar with an intelligence report told CNBC that Russia was trying to recover the weapon after another unsuccessful flight test.
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| UK, Germany, France warn on South China Sea tensions Posted: 29 Aug 2019 08:40 AM PDT  Britain, Germany and France said on Thursday they were concerned by tensions in the South China Sea, in a statement issued the day after a U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China. The situation there "could lead to insecurity and instability in the region," the three countries said in a joint statement issued by Britain's foreign ministry. China and the United States have traded barbs in the past over what Washington has said is Beijing's militarization of the South China Sea via the building of military installations on artificial islands and reefs in disputed waters.
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| DNA to solve mystery of Napoleon's general lost in Russia Posted: 28 Aug 2019 01:20 AM PDT  Archaeologists are set to unveil the answer to a 200-year-old question over the remains of a French general who died during Napoleon's 1812 campaign in Russia. Charles Etienne Gudin was hit by a cannonball in the Battle of Valutino on August 19 near Smolensk, a city west of Moscow close to the border with Belarus. "As soon as I saw the skeleton with just one leg, I knew that we had our man," the head of the Franco-Russian team that discovered the remains in July, Marina Nesterova, told AFP.
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| West Virginia state senator charged with prostitution Posted: 28 Aug 2019 05:28 PM PDT  West Virginia state Sen. Mike Maroney has been charged with soliciting a prostitute. The Republican lawmaker turned himself in and was arraigned Wednesday morning, a Marshall County court clerk said. Maroney exchanged text messages to discuss prices and set up meetings with a woman who has acknowledged being a prostitute, according to a criminal complaint.
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| Portuguese national interrupts TV interview, gives moving speech about Brexit's impact Posted: 29 Aug 2019 03:22 AM PDT  Another spanner has been thrown into the works in the countdown to Brexit. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked the Queen to suspend parliament which will scupper MPs chances to block a no-deal Brexit. On Wednesday, the Queen approved Johnson's request, prompting a national outcry and protests across the country.During a Central London protest against prorogation (the official term for the suspension of parliament), a Portuguese woman, who has lived and worked in the UK for 20 years, interrupted an interview and delivered an impassioned and extremely moving speech about Brexit's impact on her life."I'm Portuguese and I worked here for 20 years and I have no voice and the Settlement Scheme is not working," the woman -- whose name is unknown -- told Sky News. The woman is referring to the EU Settlement Scheme, which allows EU citizens to apply to continue living in the UK once it's no longer part of the European Union. She had been attending the protest, stating her reason for attending as "because I need a voice." "I gave this country my youth, I'm very grateful for what you taught me but you must make me part of all this process," she said. "I can't just be kicked out, I've built things for you, I've looked after your children, I looked after the elderly in this country, now you kick me out with what?"> A Portuguese national interrupted an interview to speak passionately to Sky News during protests against prorogation, saying she had "given her youth" to the UK > > For more on this story, head here: https://t.co/Bw9GJrZl0b pic.twitter.com/sFCZ1cnvrO> > -- Sky News (@SkyNews) August 28, 2019Per BBC News, a no-deal Brexit would result in the UK immediately exiting the EU with no agreement on Oct. 31. "Overnight, the UK would leave the single market and customs union -- arrangements designed to help trade between EU members by eliminating checks and tariffs (taxes on imports)," the BBC explains.The woman said she is "very, very hurt" by what's happening to the country. As she was about to walk away from the interview, the Sky News journalist urged her not to go away, and asked what was happening with her Settlement Status application. She explained that she'd been told her National Insurance number (the UK version of Social Security) didn't "correspond to the right thing" and she's been told she has to restart the whole process. "Oct. 31 is fast approaching, what am I going to do? What am I going to do? How am I going to stay? What are my rights?" she said. WATCH: Watch Zuckerberg's face freeze after a far-right politician credited Facebook for Trump's win and Brexit
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| Stacey Abrams will not run for Senate seat in Georgia now that Republican Johnny Isakson to retire Posted: 28 Aug 2019 04:40 PM PDT  After GOP Sen. Johnny Isakson announced he was retiring from his seat, Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams, who gained national attention following her 2018 gubernatorial race, said she will not be a candidate to replace Isakson.
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| Joe Biden warned about ‘welfare mothers driving luxury cars’ in a 1988 column Posted: 29 Aug 2019 08:37 AM PDT  Former VP Joe Biden's half-century of public life has drawn extensive attention to his record on race and civil rights in the 2020 Democratic primary.
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| Serbia Vows to Block Plan to Turn Nazi Death Camp Sites Into Shops Posted: 29 Aug 2019 06:51 AM PDT ![Serbia Vows to Block Plan to Turn Nazi Death Camp Sites Into Shops]( "Serbia Vows to Block Plan to Turn Nazi Death Camp Sites Into Shops") (Bloomberg) -- Serbia will adopt a law to create a memorial center in Belgrade for tens of thousands of Jews, Serbs and Roma killed by Nazis in World War II, preventing plans to redevelop two concentration camp sites in the capital city into commercial space.Draft legislation will be sent to parliament in November with the "active involvement of the Jewish community in Serbia," Efraim Zuroff of the Simon Wiesenthal Center told reporters in after meeting with President Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday. He said he got assurances from the Serb leader that the bill will be adopted and the government will provide funds for the memorial.Originally a 1937 trade fair complex built in the then capital of Yugoslavia, Staro Sajmiste became a death camp when Nazis invaded the country in 1941. Some 30,000 died there, including 7,000 Jews. After the fall of communism, this and another site of a Nazi-era camp in Belgrade, Topovske Supe, were partly sold off by the state, but have been spared large-scale redevelopment.After the war, parts of Staro Sajmiste were used as art studios, a kindergarten, a nightclub, and a restaurant. It even housed a local office of Vucic's ruling Serbian Progressive Party. The land of Topovske Supe is slated for building a $220 million shopping mall by closely held Delta Holding. That may be prevented through mandatory expropriation, according to the draft bill.To contact the reporter on this story: Misha Savic in Belgrade at msavic2@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Irina Vilcu at isavu@bloomberg.net, Andrea Dudik, Andrew LangleyFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| India's top ports on alert for attacks from 'Pakistan-trained commandos' Posted: 29 Aug 2019 03:45 AM PDT ![India's top ports on alert for attacks from 'Pakistan-trained commandos']( "India's top ports on alert for attacks from 'Pakistan-trained commandos'") India's two main ports said on Thursday they had been warned by the coastguard and intelligence officials that Pakistan-trained commandos have entered Indian waters to carry out underwater attacks on port facilities. The Mundra Port, run by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd, and the state-owned Kandla Port had asked their employees and ship operators to be vigilant, port officials and the ports said in advisories seen by Reuters. Tensions between India and Pakistan have escalated since India revoked the special status of its portion of the Himalayan region of Kashmir on Aug. 5 and moved to quell objections by shutting down communications and clamping down on local leaders.
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| El Paso shooting suspect says AK-style gun came from Romania Posted: 28 Aug 2019 03:36 PM PDT  The suspected gunman in the deadly mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart earlier this month told police that the AK-style rifle he used in the attack came from Romania, according to an investigative report. The Texas Tribune reported Wednesday that Patrick Crusius, 21, told police he ordered the weapon online before picking it up at a gun store near his suburban Dallas home. The Tribune cited a Texas Department of Public Safety document that also says the suspect told police he purchased thousands of rounds of ammunition from Russia.
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| Tulsi Gabbard Slams DNC for ‘Lack of Transparency’ after Failing to Qualify for Upcoming Dem Debate Posted: 29 Aug 2019 05:04 AM PDT  Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D., Hawaii) denounced the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for its "lack of transparency" Wednesday night after learning that she likely won't qualify for the third Democratic primary debate."I think the bigger problem is that the whole process really lacks transparency," Gabbard told Fox News' Tucker Carlson. "People deserve having that transparency because ultimately it's the people who will decide who our Democratic nominee will be.""When you see that lack of transparency," she added, "it creates a lack of faith and trust in the process."Gabbard, an Iraq war veteran and staunch isolationist, has reached the individual donor threshold to qualify for the upcoming nationally-televised debate next month but, according to the DNC, has fallen two polls short of clearing the public support threshold as of the Wednesday deadline.Asked to explain why the DNC wouldn't recognize a number of polls that would have helped her qualify for the debate, Gabbard suggested the DNC's standards were opaque and helped propagate the notion that national politics are controlled by a cabal of "political elites.""Really what they see is a small group of of really powerful political elites, the establishment making decisions that serve their interests and maintaining that power while the rest of us are left outside. The American people are left behind," Gabbard said.The DNC came under fire following the 2016 presidential election after it was revealed that the institution worked to secure the Democratic nomination for Hillary Clinton at the expense of Bernie Sanders.Carlson labeled the DNC's efforts on behalf of Clinton "rigging" during the Wednesday night program and suggested similar machinations may be at work this election cycle."You got sideways with the political establishment last presidential cycle because you didn't jump aboard the Hillary Clinton express immediately," Carlson said. "Then we learned that there was activity that looked a lot like rigging . . . in order to steer one candidate towards victory and hamstring another."
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| Jessi Combs Killed In Jet-Car Crash During Speed Record Attempt Posted: 28 Aug 2019 10:52 AM PDT  An automotive legend gone too soon.The automotive world has suffered a huge loss. Racer, television personality, fabricator, and all-around female gearhead, Jessi Combs, was attempting to break her own land speed record behind the wheel of a 52,000-horsepower jet car in Oregon's Alvord Desert. For reasons yet unknown, the jet-powered car she was driving crashed during the land-speed record attempt, killing Combs.Combs held the title of "fastest woman on four wheels" after driving that same North American Eagle Supersonic Speed Challenger to a staggering 398 miles per hour back in 2013. Last year, she attempted to beat her speed record and clocked a 483.227 mph shakedown run, but mechanical issues arose and ended the attempt early.At just 36 years old, Combs has accomplished so much in the automotive industry, and her untimely death is mourned by many. She has appeared on multiple television shows such as Overhaulin', All Girls Garage, Mythbusters, and she was a co-host on Extreme 4x4 on PowerBlock TV (now PowerNation).A role model for women in the motorsports industry, Combs was a skilled automotive builder and fabricator. Whatever she set her mind to, she accomplished. Combs represented the American Welding Society and designed a line of women's welding gear.Combs was also a force to be reckoned with in the off-road world, competing in the Baja 1000. At a King of Hammers event, she was the first woman to place. Given the nickname "Queen of Hammers", Combs finished first place overall in 2016 at King of Hammers.Combs' accident follows a couple of jet-powered car crashes that have also ended in tragedy. Katarina "Kat" Moller, just 24 years of age, died from her injuries after her Larsen Motorsports "American Dream" jet dragster crashed at Sebring International Raceway during an exhibition run in November. Doug Rose, 80, was behind the wheel of his own Green Mamba jet dragster at Norway Speedway in Michigan's northern peninsula last August when a failed turn sent him into a guardrail resulting in his death. Back in 1966, Rose had both legs amputated below the knees after the Green Monster jet car he was driving also hit a guard rail, but that didn't stop his love for the sport.It's safe to say that Jessi Combs was a female advocate in the automotive world, a hands-on role model for women in a male-dominated industry. She paved a path doing what she loved, but the world lost a bright light in the automotive world and beyond. Our condolences go out to her loved ones. Rest in peace, Jessi.
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| 'Tough guy!': Trump mocks NYT columnist Bret Stephens for bedbug reaction Posted: 28 Aug 2019 05:34 AM PDT  Bret Stephens, who was called a bedbug Monday evening on Twitter, has since deactivated his Twitter account.
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| Democrats' Medicare for All must consider union-won plans: AFL-CIO Posted: 29 Aug 2019 09:48 AM PDT  Democratic White House hopefuls should ensure their Medicare for All proposals honor union-negotiated private insurance, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, head of the largest federation of U.S. labor unions, said on Thursday. How to best extend health coverage to millions of uninsured or under-insured Americans has been one of the early issues defining the Democratic nominating contest to take on Republican President Donald Trump in November 2020. "You can't ask the American worker, who sacrificed wages and everything, to simply say: 'Okay, I'll accept this plan here,'" Trumka added, noting that some union plans likely provide more benefits than Medicare.
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| Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has dropped out. Here are the 3 big winners. Posted: 29 Aug 2019 06:21 AM PDT  Insider has been tracking how many candidates' fans like other candidates. Gillibrand's exit could help Sen. Elizabeth Warren consolidate support.
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| Hong Kong Officials Met With U.S. Lawmakers About Punishing China Posted: 28 Aug 2019 12:00 PM PDT  Getty ImagesOfficials from Hong Kong flew to Montana last week for an under-the-radar meeting with U.S. lawmakers about ongoing pro-democracy protests and congressional legislation to protect freedom in Hong Kong, according to sources familiar with the meeting. The Hong Kong delegation included officials who approve of the government's controversial extradition bill that originally kickstarted the mass protests as well as those who support the pro-democracy movement. The bill, put forward by Hong Kong, would allow China to detain and extradite people who are wanted in territories Hong Kong does not have extradition agreements with, including mainland China. The group met with Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) and Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT), Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA), and Rep. Thomas Suozzi (D-NY). The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, a non-profit that focuses on U.S.-Asia policy, hosted the officials for a series of roundtable discussions over a three-day period. The conversations took place just days after protests shut down the Hong Kong airport.Part of the meeting between Hong Kong officials and U.S. lawmakers focused on the bipartisan Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy act pending in the Senate. The bill, in part, would exact punitive measures on officials in China and Hong Kong who suppress human rights or "basic freedoms" in Hong Kong. In Montana, some Hong Kong officials disagreed on the bill and some called for an end to it altogether, according to two individuals familiar with the conversation. U.S. lawmakers present said they were unsure of the fate of the bill in part because they were unsure where President Donald Trump stood on the issue, those sources said. (Trump has yet to publicly call out China for its involvement in the crackdown and has instead praised President Xi Jinping, calling him a "great leader" at the G7 summit in France last week.) The Montana meeting came as protesters in Hong Kong continue to flood streets, airports, and government buildings. U.S. lawmakers are increasingly interested in taking action against China for Hong Kong. Republicans in the Senate and House have consulted with senior officials from the State Department and Treasury about drafting legislation that would sanction Chinese entities that support the suppression of protests in Hong Kong. Lawmakers want to deter China from cracking down in the future by threatening to impose increasingly steep political and financial punishments.Inside Beijing's Toolbox to Crush Hong KongTrump said earlier last week that any violence carried out by China in Hong Kong would "hurt" trade talks. Sen. Daines, who participated in the conversations in Montana, announced Monday that he plans to travel to China next week to talk about the ongoing spat between the two countries.Attendees were supposed to adhere to the "Chatham House Rule," guidelines whereby participants promise not to speak about the existence of an event or its contents, according to a source familiar with the meeting. The agreement broke down when several of the Hong Kong officials spoke to their local press about the meeting. The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation told The Daily Beast in a statement it had been planning last week's dialogue since late 2018. "It was neither conceived nor convened in response to the protests in Hong Kong. The planning for this program, including invitations to members of the Hong Kong Legislative Council and the United States Congress, began before the Hong Kong extradition bill was introduced this spring," the foundation said.Pro-democracy officials held a press conference Tuesday in Hong Kong, calling for the U.S. Senate to publicly support their movement through new legislation. Meanwhile, one of the officials aligned with Beijing, Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, posted photos to her Facebook page of the group in Montana. Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee is a member of the executive and legislative councils in Hong Kong and has promoted the government's extradition bill and called for pro-democracy protesters to disperse from the streets.Editor's Note, 8/29/19: This story has been updated with comment from the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| How Russia and China are preparing to exploit a warming planet Posted: 29 Aug 2019 02:11 AM PDT  POLITICO's latest Global Translations podcast explores how climate change is reshaping power dynamics among America's adversaries.
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| FBI searches Detroit-area home of UAW president Posted: 28 Aug 2019 02:48 PM PDT  Federal agents on Wednesday searched the suburban Detroit home of the president of the United Auto Workers, apparently another step in a corruption investigation that has netted labor leaders and auto industry officials, and damaged the union's reputation during contract talks with U.S. car companies. The UAW criticized the remarkable search of Gary Jones' home in Canton Township, insisting it has fully cooperated with authorities. "President Jones is determined to uncover and address any and all wrongdoing, wherever it might lead," the UAW said in a written statement.
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| Gaza under alert after suicide bombings kill three police officers Posted: 28 Aug 2019 01:08 PM PDT  Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas said Wednesday two overnight suicide bombings killed three Palestinian police officers in the strip, placing the Palestinian enclave in a state of alert. Interior ministry spokesman Iyad al-Bozm said in an evening statement that they had identified the two bombers who blew themselves up at two police checkpoints in Gaza City. A source familiar with the investigation said a Salafist movement in Gaza that sympathises with the Islamic State jihadist group was suspected.
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| Federal Court Rules Atheists May Be Barred From Giving Invocations at Pennsylvania Statehouse Posted: 28 Aug 2019 04:23 PM PDT  A federal appeals court ruled that atheists and others who do not believe in God can be prohibited from delivering an invocation at the Pennsylvania statehouse.The 2 to 1 ruling from the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia on Friday upheld a state House of Representatives policy that stipulates the chamber's opening invocation may be led only by a current member of the House or "a member of a regularly established church or religious organization."The court found that the rules governing the opening invocation, which also require the invocation to be "respectful of all religious beliefs," do not infringe on the First Amendment since the invocation falls under government speech and goes along with the "historical tradition of legislative prayer.""First, only theistic prayer can satisfy all the traditional purposes of legislative prayer. Second, the Supreme Court has long taken as given that prayer presumes invoking a higher power," the court stated.A lower court halted the policy last summer, ruling that there is "no justification to sanction government's establishment of a category of favored religions — like monotheistic or theistic faiths — through legislative prayer," but Friday's ruling overturns that decision.Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which represented the plaintiffs who complained about the rule, panned the "disappointing ruling," saying it gives "special privileges to people because they believe in a god."
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| A bear broke into a Colorado couple's home. They fought it off with a baseball bat and their bare fists Posted: 28 Aug 2019 08:57 PM PDT ![A bear broke into a Colorado couple's home. They fought it off with a baseball bat and their bare fists]( "A bear broke into a Colorado couple's home. They fought it off with a baseball bat and their bare fists") A Colorado couple fought a bear with their fists and a baseball bat Monday, authorities said, driving the animal and her cub out of their home.
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| War and poverty drive Gazans to seek better life in Europe despite dangers Posted: 29 Aug 2019 07:20 AM PDT  Shaban Khalaf's advice to any other Gazans thinking of heading to Europe in search of a better life, as he did, is blunt: don't bother - it's not worth the danger and the expense. Khalaf should know. Despairing of ever finding a decent job in Gaza, where the economy is near collapse, the journalism graduate flew to Turkey via Egypt in June 2018 and tried no fewer than 18 times to cross into Europe, mostly by boat.
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| Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro: Dems Plotting to ‘Replace American Citizens With Illegals’ Posted: 29 Aug 2019 11:09 AM PDT  MIKE THEILERNearly a month after an accused shooter reportedly said he deliberately targeted "Mexicans" while killing more than 20 people in El Paso, Fox News personalities are still echoing the same talking points from the gunman's racist manifesto, in which he complained about a "Hispanic invasion" of America.Appearing on Fox Nation's The Todd Starnes Show on Thursday, Fox News host Jeanine Pirro was asked by Starnes—who recently likened migrants to a "rampaging horde" of Nazis—if Democrats and liberals hate President Donald Trump and his supporters.Pirro, who is currently promoting a book that Trump has already endorsed, took the opportunity to push a version of the "Great Replacement theory"—the same racist lie that was cited by the El Paso gunman and other recent domestic terrorist attackers."They hate Donald Trump—he's the one they want to get rid of," she said, in a segment first spotted by Media Matters. "Their plot to remake America is to bring in the illegals, change the way the voting occurs in this country, give them licenses. They get to vote—maybe once, maybe twice, maybe three times."After decrying same-day voter registration and grousing about voter rolls not being purged, Pirro—who was suspended by Fox earlier this year for questioning Ilhan Omar's loyalty to America—went right back to the far-right well."Think about it," Pirro exclaimed. "It is a plot to remake America—to replace American citizens with illegals who will vote for the Democrats."Pirro's comments come just days after the National Association of Hispanic Journalists cut ties with Fox News over the network's use of "invasion" rhetoric to describe immigration, with the NAHJ saying Starnes' remark about immigrants was the final straw.In the wake of the El Paso slayings, Fox News has been the focus of widespread criticism for the extreme anti-immigrant rhetoric of many of its opinion hosts. Tucker Carlson, for instance, has seen a further erosion of his advertiser base after he called white supremacy a "hoax" just days after the shooting.Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Conservative students face doxing threat on Texas college campus Posted: 28 Aug 2019 04:15 AM PDT  A student group has threatened to dox the names of incoming students at the University of Texas at Austin who join conservative groups.
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| Satellite photos show burning Iran space center launch pad Posted: 29 Aug 2019 10:33 AM PDT  A rocket at an Iranian space center that was to conduct a satellite launch criticized by the U.S. apparently exploded on its launch pad Thursday, satellite images show, suggesting the Islamic Republic suffered its third failed launch this year alone. State media and officials did not immediately acknowledge the incident at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran's Semnan province. In previous days, satellite images had shown officials there repainted the launch pad blue.
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| Former Colombian rebel leader announces return to arms Posted: 29 Aug 2019 01:18 PM PDT  A former senior commander of the dissolved FARC rebel army in Colombia announced Thursday he is taking up arms again along with other guerrillas who have distanced themselves from a historic peace accord signed with the government. "We are announcing to the world that the second Marquetalia has begun," Ivan Marquez, dressed in green military fatigues, said in a video posted on YouTube, referring to a rural enclave considered a birthplace of the FARC in the 1960s. Colombia's conservative President Ivan Duque responded by saying he would send a special army unit to hunt down Marquez and other holdouts, who he said were backed by Venezuela's socialist President Nicolas Maduro.
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| Married couple suspected of murder escape after overpowering guards while being extradited Posted: 28 Aug 2019 09:41 AM PDT  A married couple wanted for murder have escaped from custody after overpowering guards who were transporting them through Utah in the United States.Blane Barksdale, 56, and Susan Barksdale, 59, broke free from two guards on Monday evening.
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| How to get the Popeyes chicken sandwich as soon as it's back in stock Posted: 29 Aug 2019 02:09 PM PDT  Unless you've been living under a rock, you know there's been so much hype over the Popeyes chicken sandwich that the restaurant actually sold out of the new menu item. Unfortunately, if you haven't gotten to feast on the crispy delicacy, we don't yet know when your chance will come again.People on eBay have taken to listing the Popeyes sandwich for sale with starting bids at stupidly high prices, because who wouldn't want to pay $2,000 for a sketchy secondhand fast food sandwich? While the food listings have since been taken down, you can still get some pretty bizarre memorabilia -- $7.99 for a "sold out" sign anyone?SEE ALSO: There's a fast food chicken sandwich war and we have declared the winnerThe real way to get Popeyes's chicken sandwich as soon as it comes back in stock, though -- and please get it from the restaurant and not from some rando online -- is to download the Popeyes app and turn on push notifications.Instead of then sprinting to your nearest store to wait in line, send someone else to do it for you. That's why food delivery services were invented, after all. Popeyes is on DoorDash, Uber Eats, and GrubHub. We suggest downloading them all for the best odds of getting the sandwich as soon as possible.And now we wait.
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| 'Well heck, I'm not doing anything': This Arizona couple moved to Iowa to volunteer for Tulsi Gabbard Posted: 29 Aug 2019 11:05 AM PDT  Lawn signs, billboards and a very dedicated volunteer corps make up Tulsi Gabbards' Iowa campaign
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| UPDATE 1-Iranian tanker changes course away from Turkish coast - tracking data Posted: 29 Aug 2019 05:12 AM PDT ![UPDATE 1-Iranian tanker changes course away from Turkish coast - tracking data]( "UPDATE 1-Iranian tanker changes course away from Turkish coast - tracking data") Iranian tanker Adrian Darya, at the centre of a dispute between Washington and Tehran, has changed course away from the Turkish coast, Refinitiv ship tracking data showed on Thursday. The tanker, formerly called Grace 1, was released from detention off Gibraltar in mid-August after a five-week standoff over whether it was carrying Iranian oil to Syria in violation of European Union sanctions. On Monday, IRIB news agency quoted an Iranian government spokesman as saying that Iran had sold the oil from the Adrian Darya and the vessel's owner will decide on its next destination.
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| Joe Biden took questions from black reporters for 90 minutes. He did not disappoint. Posted: 27 Aug 2019 07:13 PM PDT ![Joe Biden took questions from black reporters for 90 minutes. He did not disappoint.]( "Joe Biden took questions from black reporters for 90 minutes. He did not disappoint.") The ex-VP explained what he'd want in a running mate and acknowledged his continued support among African Americans isn't guaranteed.
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| Climate change melts 12.5bn tons of ice in Greenland 50 years earlier than predicted Posted: 28 Aug 2019 02:17 PM PDT  Billions of tonnes of ice in Greenland is melting 50 years ahead of climate change schedules, preventing inhabitants from moving around the country by sledge and leading to the surreal spectacle of children playing in the Arctic sea due to rising temperatures. A heatwave gripping the Arctic region is causing unprecedented levels of melting ice, and has also seen global sea levels rise, in a clear sign that climate change is taking its severe toll much more quickly than predicted. Earlier this month, in the town of Qaanaaq in northwestern Greenland, children were seen splashing around in the sea and wearing t-shirts, which would have been unheard of ten years ago. Some schoolgirls have reportedly even started wearing skirts as part of their uniform. Climate experts said the sudden increase in melting ice was caused by greenhouse gas emissions over the past century and the so-called Albedo effect, where falling ice levels means that heat is absorbed by the planet instead of being reflected back into space, piling on yet more heat. They also warned that daily lives of Greenlanders risked being upended by climate change, with iced areas usually traversed by sledge or snow ski turning into small lakes. Huge amount of ice is melting in Greenland due to climate change Credit: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP "We are already entering a new normal in the Arctic, and what we are seeing now is far and beyond what we predicted in 2019," said Dr Victoria Herrmann, the president and managing director of the Arctic Institute, which closely monitors climate change in Greenland. "It has also fundamentally changed the environment of Greenland, both for the people that call it home and for its unique ecosystem. That will only get worse in the decades to come, where we will see ice free summers in the Arctic." Dr Herrmann added that climate change has led to lakes of melted ice appearing in Greenland that cause logistical problems for its 56,000 inhabitants. "The territory relies heavily on land based transport to get from one community to the next via snowmobile or dog sled," she said. "But if it becomes a big puddle of water that makes it a lot more difficult to see relatives, or share the meat you have hunted, or go to a basketball game. It disrupts regular lives." A woman and child hold hands as they walk on the street in the town of Tasiilaq, Greenland Credit: Lucas Jackson/Reuters The glacier-covered island is experiencing record-breaking temperatures which rose to 22C on August 1, 15C above the average rate. On that same day, the severe heat caused Greenland to lose 12.5 billion tons of ice, a staggeringly large amount even by Arctic standards. Martin Stendel, a Danish climate expert, has warned that the overall amount of ice that melted on July 31 and August 1 was enough to cover all of Florida with nearly five inches of water. Extreme cases of ice melting typically occur once every 250 years, however the enormous loss of ice on August 1 was the second since 2012, in a sign that the climate crisis is rapidly worsening. "Greenland has had a fire this year, and a number over the last few years and there was also a landslide recently which swept away a village," said Dr Ruth Mottram, a climate scientist and glaciologist at the Danish Meteorological Institute. "There will be other big consequences [of the heat] - we are expecting more mosquitoes, for example."
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| Canada: workers race to free millions of salmon trapped after huge landslide Posted: 29 Aug 2019 08:37 AM PDT  * Rockslide on banks of Fraser River created impassable barrier * Heavy machinery and helicopters used to help gather fishA vessel used to transport salmon up the Fraser River. Crews have leaned heavily on local Indigenous communities to help gather tens of thousands of fish. Photograph: Darryl Dyck/APHelicopters, heavy machinery and nearly 200 workers are frantically working to free millions of salmon trapped by a landslide in western Canada.Government crews in the area have worked relentlessly along the banks of the Fraser River to clear debris after a rockslide, discovered in a late June, created an impassable 5m-high waterfall.Each year, several species of Pacific salmon – sockeye, chinook, pink and coho – travel up British Columbia's Fraser River to reproduce. But the newly formed barrier has blocked the fish from accessing critical watersheds for egg laying.Weeks of excavation have shown success: already, 12,000 salmon have passed through carefully constructed channels. And 44,000 salmon – as many as 3,000 per day – have been transported by helicopter."Nothing is off the table unless it's determined as not being feasible. We are looking at any and all options," Michael Crowe of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, told reporters on Wednesday. The team hopes to continue moving fish by truck, after the road was rebuilt, as well as developing a fish ladder.Emergency crews have leaned heavily on local Indigenous communities, and their knowledge of salmon spawning, to help gather tens of thousands of fish."First Nations' technical knowledge in fish capture – from beach-seining crews to a second fish wheel – underpins the operation," said the government in a media release.Muddy, fast-moving water has made it difficult for officials to estimate the number of salmon trapped below the landslide site. In previous years, said Crowe, millions of salmon would be passing through this section of the Fraser River. A number of fish have been outfitted with radio tracking collars in order to give a clearer picture of how many have successfully moved upstream.The landslide, and the frantic effort to clear it, highlights the barriers – natural and human-made – that salmon face each year.In much of western North America, hydroelectric dams have blocked critical spawning routes. In recent years, the plight of displaced salmon has prompted increasingly dramatic attempts to move the fish, including the "salmon cannon" – footage of which recently went viral.The efforts in British Columbia to free the trapped salmon comes amid a difficult times for the fish: recent data suggests sockeye salmon have plummeted 75% over the last century in Canada. Last week, the department of fisheries and oceans confirmed the dire state of sockeye when it warned only 600,000 were expected to spawn this year, as apposed to the normal return of five million. Chinook salmon, which are also stranded in the river, are also endangered.
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| Alabama governor apologies for wearing blackface in college Posted: 29 Aug 2019 05:43 PM PDT |
| 'Feed the wolf': fear stalks Cathay staff after Hong Kong protest sackings Posted: 28 Aug 2019 07:29 PM PDT  A fortnight ago Cathay Pacific said it "wouldn't dream" of muzzling the views of its 27,000 Hong Kong staff, but after the dismissal of several pro-democracy supporters among its workforce under Chinese pressure, employees say this is exactly what has happened. Hong Kong, a financial centre that was once a byword for stability and prosperity, has been plunged into an unprecedented crisis by anti-government protests, framed by fears over growing Chinese influence. The chaos put airline Cathay in a bind over whether to allow its staff to take part in -- or voice support for -- the massive demonstrations, or risk losing its China-facing business.
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| Outrage mounts over Harvard student turned back at airport Posted: 28 Aug 2019 03:27 PM PDT  The story of an incoming Harvard freshman who was denied entry into the United States after his laptop and cellphone were searched at the airport last week has immigration and free speech advocates sounding the alarm over the Trump administration's increasingly restrictive immigration policies and how they are enforced.
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| View Photos of the 2020 Volvo XC60 Polestar Posted: 29 Aug 2019 05:18 AM PDT |
| Secret Service, police in standoff with barricaded suspect in Fairfield Posted: 28 Aug 2019 12:00 PM PDT  BARRICADED SUSPECT: The Secret Service along with police are in the middle of a standoff in Fairfield.
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| Lineup cut in half: Here's who made the third Democratic presidential debate Posted: 29 Aug 2019 12:08 PM PDT  After two debates that spanned two nights and included 20 candidates, the third Democratic debate will cut those numbers in half.
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| Swedish teen climate activist arrives in New York by boat for U.N. summit Posted: 28 Aug 2019 05:18 AM PDT  Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg sailed into New York Harbor on Wednesday in a zero-carbon emissions vessel, completing her nearly 14-day journey from England to take part in a United Nations climate summit. The 16-year-old Swedish schoolgirl, who set sail from Plymouth, England, on Aug. 14, was greeted by cheers, chants and singing as her silver sailboat, the Malitzia II, cruised past the Statue of Liberty through choppy waves and rain to drop anchor in Manhattan's yacht harbor. "All of this is very overwhelming and the ground is still shaking for me," a seemingly bashful Thunberg, clad in a dark blue jumpsuit, told a gathering of reporters and activists who greeted her and the crew of the Malitzia II on land.
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| A 360-pound alligator that snuck up on a kayaker was captured after a 3-hour hunt Posted: 29 Aug 2019 11:18 AM PDT  The alligator chased Bo Storey out of the pond. Hours later, it was caught because it was deemed to be a nuisance due to its size and demeanor.
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| Detained writer urges Australia to help free him from China Posted: 29 Aug 2019 05:16 AM PDT  A Chinese Australian writer detained in Beijing on suspicion of espionage since January has urged Australia to maintain diplomatic pressure for his release. "I implore the prime minister to help me go home as soon as possible," Yang, 54, said in the statement provided to The Associated Press by Feng Chongyi, an academic who was detained in China for two weeks in 2017 while researching human rights lawyers. Yang was taken into custody upon arriving in southern China's Guangzhou from New York on Jan. 19 with his wife, Yuan Xiaoliang, and his 14-year-old stepdaughter.
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| Nigeria targets smuggling with 'partial closure' of Benin border Posted: 29 Aug 2019 03:23 AM PDT  Nigeria has announced the "partial closure" of its border with Benin to clamp down on the smuggling of goods, above all rice, into the country. The West African powerhouse is targeting "massive smuggling activities, especially of rice, taking place on that corridor", the presidency said in a statement Wednesday. Nigeria is heavily reliant on imports to feed its booming population, while the government is seeking to bolster agriculture as it looks to diversify the oil-dependent economy.
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