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Large blast rocks Lebanon's capital, many people hurt
Toronto Sun 04 Aug 2020
BEIRUT — A large explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, injuring many people as glass shattered and balconies collapsed from the impact, Reuters witnesses said. Lebanon’s state news agency NNA and two security sources said the blast had occurred in the port area where there are warehouses housing explosives ... Advertisement ... ....
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Coronavirus did come from bats, say WHO scientists sent to Wuhan
AOL 04 Aug 2020
The coronavirus outbreak came from bats and was probably passed to humans through another intermediary animal "host", World Health Organisation (WHO) scientists have concluded ... Scientists believe the virus jumped from animals to humans at a "wet market" in Wuhan ... 106 PHOTOS. Coronavirus across the globe. See Gallery. Coronavirus across the globe ... Photo ... ....
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Trump is planning ‘Emergency’ to stay in office, top Democrat says
Indian Express 04 Aug 2020
President Donald Trump has no intention of “peacefully” transferring power if he loses the November election, according to House Majority Whip James Clyburn ... “I believe that he plans to install himself in some kind of emergency way to continue to hold onto office,” Clyburn said. “And that’s why the American people had better wake up.” ... A U.S ... Tags ... ....
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Leaked bodycam footage shows George Floyd’s final moments
Wtop 04 Aug 2020
▶ Watch Video. Leaked bodycam footage shows George Floyd arrest and death. For the first time, two leaked body camera videos show the deadly encounter with George Floyd from the officers’ perspective. Floyd is heard begging for help and calling for his mother for several minutes ... “Please, man.”. “Relax ... Source ....
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Netanyahu warns Hezbollah after Israeli strike in Syria
The Oklahoman 04 Aug 2020
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday warned the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group and others after Israeli forces said they thwarted an infiltration attempt from Syria by suspected militants ... Israel struck the four suspects, who were believed to have been killed ... “We hit a cell and now we hit the dispatchers ... ....
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Scientists fear Trump could rush out coronavirus vaccine before it's ready
The Independent 04 Aug 2020
Reports indicate that some American scientists involved in the US government’s pursuit of a coronavirus vaccine are worried the project may be proceeding too hastily – and even that it might be becoming politicised ... Dr Paul A ... “They are really worried about that, and they should be.”....
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Iran's president says enemy wages "psychological warfare"
Xinhua 04 Aug 2020
TEHRAN, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that enemies have waged "a psychological warfare" against the country to downplay its achievements, Tasnim news agency reported ... The Iranian president, however, defended his administration's performance despite the U.S ... Iran has been under U.S ... ....
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How Might Iran Respond to Foreign Sabotage?
The Washington Institute 04 Aug 2020
Iran has been hit by a series of fires and explosions at civilian and military industrial sites in recent weeks, including the Khojir missile research complex near Tehran and the county’s principal uranium enrichment facility at Natanz. Well-sourced U.S ... This begs the question of whether, how, and when it might act ... forces in Iraq ... CONCLUSION ... ....
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Americans in Africa: Why we left America to live in Africa
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Alexis Ohanian on being married to Serena Williams and his future hopes for their daughter
CNN 04 Aug 2020
(CNN)Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., isn't yet three years old, but already her future looks bright -- her parents are making it so ... If Alexis Olympia wants to learn coding and work in the tech industry, her dad will teach her -- he's Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of the social news website, Reddit ... Read More ... READ ... 'I don't know how she does it' ... READ ... Replay....
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Tropical Storm Isaias kills at least one on its way to U.S. Northeast
Canada Dot Com 04 Aug 2020
Tropical Storm Isaias killed at least one person and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands as it pummeled North Carolina and Virginia on a path toward Washington and other cities of the U.S. Northeast on Tuesday ... Eastern time (1200 GMT), moving toward the north at 33 miles per hour (54 kph), the National Hurricane Center said....
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Can a Housewife Stop Putin from Getting What He Wants in Belarus?
Newsweek 04 Aug 2020
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya is posing a genuine challenge to Alexander Lukashenko's rule, ahead of an apparent push from Russia to incorporate Belarus .......
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Trump dismisses legacy of civil rights hero John Lewis: ‘He didn’t come to my inauguration’
The Independent 04 Aug 2020
In an interview released on Monday night, Donald Trump said he had never met legendary civil rights leader John Lewis and complained that the congressman had declined to attend many of his presidency’s major events ... ....
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Man beaten with bats over face mask dispute in Paris suburb
The Oklahoman 04 Aug 2020
PARIS (AP) — A resident of a Paris suburb says he was beaten with baseball bats because he asked a fellow laundromat patron to wear a face mask – a requirement in all indoor public places in France to fight resurgent coronavirus infections ... “I had a mask, I asked this person to put on his mask,” Augustin said ... they were threatening, insulting.” ... ....
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A billion students worldwide affected by covid-19 lockdowns, UN says
The Irish Times 04 Aug 2020
The United Nations chief has said the coronavirus pandemic has led to the largest disruption of education in history. School closures in more than 160 countries in mid-July have affected more than one billion students, it is claimed ... Mr Guterres called for the reopening of schools once the local transmission of the virus is under control ... Cases ... ....
