Category Archives: Headlines

Germany: Hamburg police seize 1.5 tons of cocaine 

Authorities in Hamburg have found over €300 million worth of cocaine in a cargo ship container. Officials warn the global drug trade continues to thrive despite temporary border closures during the coronavirus pandemic.

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6 French Aid Workers and 2 Guides Killed by Gunmen at Giraffe Park in Niger 

The park is in the Tillaberi region, where jihadists linked to Islamic State killed four U.S. soldiers and five Nigeriens in 2017

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Japan marks 75th anniversary of Nagasaki atomic bombing 

The atomic bomb dropped by the US over Nagasaki killed tens of thousands of people in an instant. During a ceremony marking the bombing’s anniversary, the city’s mayor called for a global ban on nuclear weapons.

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William Shatner Tangles With Trans Twitter Over The Word ‘Cis’ 

The Star Trek actor set phasers to block in a week-long Twitter rant against being labeled.

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Hundreds of protesters injured as anger simmers in Beirut: Live 

At least 728 hurt in clashes with authorities in Lebanese capital; Prime Minister Hassan Diab calls for early polls.

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NYC protester turns self in after NYPD standoff: reports 

Derrick Ingram, a protest organizer and founder of Warriors in the Garden, turned himself in to police Saturday morning after he was accused of assaulting an officer by yelling into her ear with a megaphone, according to the New York Times. 

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Trump signs four executive actions targeting economy 

President Donald Trump will sign executive orders on Saturday after stimulus discussions broke down this week on Capitol Hill, two senior White House officials told CNN.

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Trump signs four executive orders on coronavirus aid after Congress negotiations stalled 

Trump signed four executive orders related to what he called ‘China virus relief’ during a press conference at his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Saturday afternoon.

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Coronavirus Live Updates: Latest News and Analysis 

President Trump signed executive measures for pandemic relief as stimulus talks stalled. Tens of thousands of motorcyclists gathered in Sturgis, S.D., despite objections from residents.

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The President abruptly left after being challenged on a lie he’s told more than 150 times 

President Donald Trump abruptly ended a Saturday news conference after a reporter challenged him on a lie about veterans health care he has told more than 150 times.

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US COVID-19 cases hit 5 million; Brazil deaths at 100,000: Live 

US to extend economic relief to unemployed as country’s top health official offered hints of vaccine by year-end.

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Nagasaki urges nuke ban on 75th anniversary of US A-bombing 

The August 9, 1945, bombing came three days after the United States dropped its first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the world’s first ever nuclear attack that killed 140,000. On August 15, Japan surrendered, ending World War II. Many survivors developed cancer or other illnesses due to radiation.

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Chain reaction: disaster hastens Lebanon’s moment of reckoning 

A corruption-riddled government has presided over rising poverty for decades. Could the anger released after the catastrophe in Beirut’s docks finally topple it?The first violent jolt seemed like a neighbourhood accident; a blown generator, or a car crash. Five seconds later, the thundering secondary blast arrived; a crushing surge of energy that instantly s […]

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This Day in History: August 9 

Michael Brown Jr., an unarmed 18-year-old Black man, is shot to death by police Officer Darren Wilson following an altercation in Ferguson, Mo., spawning a national “Black Lives Matter” movement.

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What social distancing? 250,000 bikers begin descending on South Dakota for 10-day festival 

Sturgis, South Dakota – population 7,000 – is welcoming 250,000 people this weekend for a motorbike rally. Mayor Carstensen said he was determined to encourage ‘responsibility.’

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