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Zambia , DR Congo border dispute getting hot
Zambian Watchdog 04 Jul 2020
The border dispute between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo is getting ‘hot’, according to international media....
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The Nazis Took Down the Statue of Napoleon’s Great Black General
The Daily Beast 04 Jul 2020
The bitterly divisive spectacle staged by President Trump in front of Mount Rushmore on Friday was powerful proof once again that icons of past heroes are social and political flashpoints in the present—not only in the U.S. but around the world ... PARIS—Some statues should be toppled. Some should be put back up ... In Paris today, a bronze statue of Gen ... “”....
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U.S. sends carriers to South China Sea during Chinese drills – WSJ
Metro USA 04 Jul 2020
(Reuters) – The United States is sending two aircraft carriers into the South China Sea at the same time as China is conducting military exercises in the contested waterway, the Wall Street Journal reported. The USS Ronald Reagan and USS Nimitz would be in the South China Sea from Saturday, the U.S ... Wikoff was quoted as saying ... exercises ... ....
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Experts find early ocher mine in Mexican underwater caves
Federal News Radio 04 Jul 2020
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Experts and cave divers in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula have found ocher mines that are some of the oldest on the continent, which could explain why ancient skeletons were found in the narrow, twisting labyrinths of now-submerged sinkhole caves ... Advertisement ... Insight by ServiceNow ... Dr ... Download it to your device today ... ....
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Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr.'s girlfriend, tests positive for coronavirus
Yahoo Daily News 04 Jul 2020
More. Trump Jr., 42, and Guilfoyle, 51, will be driving home rather than getting on a flight, a source said ... She and Trump Jr. often headline fundraising events together. MORE. Trump at Mount Rushmore ... ....
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Cracks in the Trump-Europe relationship are turning into a chasm
CNN 04 Jul 2020
London (CNN)For more than 70 years, the transatlantic alliance has served as the unshakable foundation of European stability and underpinned the values of the US-led Western order. In 2020, it appears that relationship is being rethought on both sides of the Atlantic ... The US is more alone than ever, just at the moment the world needs its leadership ... ....
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Iran Says It Identified Cause Of Natanz 'Incident' But Won’t Disclose It
Radio Free Europe 03 Jul 2020
Iran's top security body said the cause of an "incident" at one of the country’s nuclear facilities has been determined, but it declined to release details, citing security reasons ... "Due to certain security concerns the cause and details of this accident will be announced at the proper time," Keyvan Khosravi said ... .......
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Dozen feared dead after flooding and landslides hit southern Japan
Belfast Telegraph 04 Jul 2020
Heavy rain in southern Japan has triggered flooding and landslides, leaving more than a dozen people presumed dead, about 10 missing and dozens stranded on rooftops waiting to be rescued. More than 75,000 residents in the prefectures of Kumamoto and Kagoshima were urged to evacuate following torrential rain overnight ... AP/PA Images. / ... AP/PA Images. / ... ....
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Since Lakota Lives Matter Too, Trump’s Visit To Mount Rushmore Couldn’t Come At A Worse Time
WorldNews.com 03 Jul 2020
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. A major reconsideration of how the history of colonization, conquest, slavery, and white supremacy is taught and viewed, especially through monuments, is now underway ... But after a series of broken promises and years of conquest and genocide, they see four white men carved on the mountain declaring....
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Chinese Olympic badminton champion Lin Dan announces retirement
Yahoo Daily News 04 Jul 2020
Beijing [China], July 4 (ANI). China's two-time Olympic badminton champion Lin Dan on Saturday announced his retirement, calling an end to his 20-year long glittering career ... (ANI). ....
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WATCH LIVE: President Donald Trump visits Mount Rushmore
Duluth News Tribune 04 Jul 2020photo: Creative Commons
Worldwide Coronavirus Cases Top 11 Million
Voa News 04 Jul 2020
Coronavirus cases have surpassed 11 million worldwide, as the outbreak continues to surge in several countries including the United States, where case numbers tallied their largest single day total, topping 57,000 ... Cases are now rising in 40 out of the 50 U.S. states. The U.S ... Although the U.S ... South Dakota Republican Gov ... ....
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Critics of US-Taliban deal say militants can’t be trusted
Wtop 04 Jul 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Intelligence that Afghan militants might have accepted Russian bounties for killing American troops did not scuttle the U.S.-Taliban agreement or President Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw thousands more troops from the war. It did give critics of the deal another reason to say the Taliban shouldn’t be trusted ... So far the U.S....
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Asked to light tandoor oven within an hour after Khashoggi's murder: Saudi consulate worker
International Business Times 04 Jul 2020
A Saudi consulate worker in Istanbul told a Turkish court on Friday he had been asked to light a tandoor oven less than an hour after Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered the building where he was killed ... Demir said he had been called to the consul's residence after Khashoggi entered the nearby consulate to seek his papers ... Related ... Saudi Arabia. ....
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