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Naya Rivera search continues as authorities release underwater footage
The News International 11 Jul 2020
Two days since the disappearance of actor Naya Rivera, the search continues at Lake Piru with no sign of the star in sight. Authorities have now released underwater footage from the area where the Glee actor’s disappearance was reported, to show what exactly they are up against ... Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Captain Eric Buschow said ... ....
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The US is reportedly threatening to remove the dollar's peg to the Hong Kong dollar. ...
Business Insider 11 Jul 2020
Bloomberg reported this week the US might restrict Hong Kong's access to US dollars and potentially spell an end to the Hong Kong dollar's 37-year currency peg to the US dollar. One analyst, however, rubbished the threats, saying that such a move "would be an act of war" and wouldn't be implemented by the US....
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As US beats sanctions drums over Hong Kong, Germany says keeping ties with China warm brings 'more stability & less conflict'
Russia Today 11 Jul 2020
Germany won't go tough on Beijing over Hong Kong as it understands that not every country is run by a Western playbook, Berlin's economy minister has said. Indeed, preserving ties yields more results than pressure does, he added ... Berlin, of course, has "an opinion" on the developments in Hong Kong but will keep it to itself, Altmaier said ... READ MORE ... ....
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Iran-Syria accord first step to defang US Caesar sanctions: Assad's top aide
Press TV 11 Jul 2020
A senior aide to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has hailed a comprehensive military-security deal recently signed with Iran as the first step to overcome sweeping US economic sanctions against the Arab country, saying Damascus has many other options to counter American restrictions ... "We have many options to defeat the Caesar law," she said ... ....
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Hong Kong police raid pollster ahead of opposition vote
The Times of India 11 Jul 2020
HONG KONG. have raided the office of a prominent opinion pollster that was helping the city's pro-democracy opposition to conduct a primary election, a director of the group said Saturday. The overnight move came days after China imposed a sweeping new national security law on the financial hub after months of civil unrest last year ... Download ... ....
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Roger Stone: Trump proves his love for 'law and order' doesn't apply to friends
Yahoo Daily News 11 Jul 2020
The law and order president has decided that a convicted criminal should not go to prison. It may be mere coincidence that Roger Stone is an old friend and fellow resident of Florida with a shared crush on Richard Nixon. Related. Trump commutes sentence of Roger Stone, longtime friend and adviser ... He did so to protect Trump ... Roger Stone in Washington ... ....
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Trump says does not want US to withdraw from Nato
The Times of India 11 Jul 2020
MOSCOW. US President Donald said in an interview with the Washington Post daily that he did not want the United States to leave , however, the allies had to pay their contributions ... According to the former adviser, he and the US Secretary of State decided to convince the president to stay in the bloc, but, possibly reduce US contributions ... Download ... ....
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Tiger, pangolin farming in Myanmar risks 'boosting demand'
The Times of India 11 Jul 2020
YANGON. Conservationists have warned a sudden change in Myanmar's law allowing the commercial farming of tigers, pangolins and other endangered species risks further fuelling demand in China for rare wildlife products ... But conservationists say commercial farming in the long-term legitimises the use of endangered species and fuels market demand ... ....
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Iran says it cannot shut down economy despite worsening coronavirus outbreak
Deccan Herald 11 Jul 2020
Iran said on Saturday that it cannot afford to shut down its sanctions-hit economy, even as the Middle East's deadliest coronavirus outbreak worsens with record-high death tolls and rising infections ... Deaths from the respiratory disease hit 221 on Thursday -- a single-day record for Iran ... Deccan Herald News now on Telegram - Click here to subscribe....
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Questionable tactics by deputies in Andres Guardado killing put pressure on sheriff
The Los Angeles Times 11 Jul 2020
Andres Guardado had surrendered and was lying facedown on the ground when a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who had been chasing him down a driveway holstered his weapon and approached the 18-year-old to put him in handcuffs, the deputy would recount ... The deputy fired six rounds, five of which struck the teenager in the back, killing him ... Adam L....
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Yes we Kanye! Time for a rapper in the White House
Irish Independent 11 Jul 2020
Because 2020 has been far too dull and uneventful, Kanye West has decided to shake things up. The rapper-turned-fashion-guru-turned-Christian-evangelist declared this week that he is running for the White House. West is doing so under the banner of "the birthday party", because if he wins, "it's everybody's birthday" ... ....
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Johnson says England may need stricter face mask rules
Gulf Daily News 11 Jul 2020
London. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said tighter rules on wearing face coverings may be needed to stop a resurgence in Covid-19 infections, and that he would like to see them worn more frequently in shops in England ... there is a risk of transmission,” he added ... ....
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The Russian whistleblower risking it all to expose the scale of an Arctic oil spill catastrophe
CNN 10 Jul 2020
Norilsk, Russia (CNN)Vasily Ryabinin stands on the banks of the River Daldykan and pushes a long stick into the blood-orange sludge. Raising the stick, he puts a lighter to it and it ignites it like a torch. "Still burns really well," Ryabinin says ... It was 2 a.m. in the Arctic summer ... Read More. Ryabinin brought us there by foot along railroad tracks ... ....
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Mali’s president urges dialogue after thousands protest
Federal News Radio 11 Jul 2020
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita went on national television early Saturday, urging dialogue with his opponents just hours after thousands of anti-government protesters marched through the capital with some pushing their way into state television offices ... Advertisement ... Insight by ServiceNow ... Despite the presence of U.N ... ....
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'You cannot fight the pandemic with lies' -- Angela Merkel knows how to insert a dagger
CNN 11 Jul 2020
(CNN)Angela Merkel may not scream down the phone at President Donald Trump -- but she knows how to insert a dagger. Trump, as well as Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro and Russia's Vladimir Putin, must have felt his ears burning when the German Chancellor demolished their approaches to the coronavirus in a speech Thursday ... Trump is ... none of those things ... ....
