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Tesla big battery fire in Victoria burns into day three
The Guardian 02 Aug 2021
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Heat wave causes massive melt of Greenland ice sheet
The Manila Times 01 Aug 2021
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK. Greenland's ice sheet has experienced a "massive melting event" during a heat wave that has seen temperatures more than 10 degrees above seasonal norms, according to Danish researchers ... And Nerlerit Inaat Airport in the northeast of the territory recorded 23.4 degrees on Thursday, the highest recorded there since records began ... .
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Pressure is increasing on Israel to explain its relationship with Pegasus spyware
Yahoo Daily News 02 Aug 2021
In the United States, although the US Administration refrained from commenting on the affair, four influential democratic congressmen have called on the Biden Administration to consider placing the NSO Group on an export blacklist, stressing that the "hacking-for-hire" industry must be brought under control.
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Finding answers to the world's drinking water crisis
BBC News 02 Aug 2021
Without a doubt, water is the most abundant resource on Earth. After all, it covers over 70% of the planet - yet despite this we are facing a looming crisis as a species. Climate change, global conflict and overpopulation are just some of the factors that are devastating the water supply in many areas around the world ... 'Basic human right' ... .
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US launches emergency airlift to rescue Afghan allies at risk of Taliban’s revenge
The Observer 01 Aug 2021
Normally people who secure SIV visas are expected to arrange their own travel from Afghanistan, but military planes have flown this group to the US ... There have been multiple reports of human rights abuses, including targeted killings, in areas seized by the group.
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Outgoing Iran president says government not always truthful
San Francisco Chronicle 01 Aug 2021
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's outgoing president on Sunday acknowledged his nation at times “did not tell part of the truth” to its people during his eight-year tenure, as he prepares to leave office with his signature nuclear deal with world powers in tatters and tensions high with the West ... .
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Tibet and China clash over next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama
The Guardian 31 Jul 2021
The spiritual leader has mused that he may return as a woman ... “Do you think it’s time now?” he asked ... ....
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Hamas re-elects Ismail Haniyeh as supreme leader
Wtop 01 Aug 2021
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Islamic militant group Hamas on Sunday said it has re-elected its supreme leader ... He served as Hamas’ leader in the group’s Gaza stronghold before being elected as head of the movement in 2017.
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Afghanistan’s ‘endless war’ will continue after US pullout, former CIA director says
The National 01 Aug 2021
The Biden administration’s decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan is ignominious, as it lets down the Afghans in their daily fight against their former oppressors, retired US military commander and former CIA director David Petraeus said ... He also headed the US Central Command. He wrote the foreword of the book, Past as Prologue.
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Sheikh Jarrah: Palestinians await Jerusalem evictions ruling
BBC News 02 Aug 2021
After days of clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians protesting against the threatened evictions, Hamas, the militant Palestinian group which runs the Gaza Strip, fired rockets towards Jerusalem in what it said was in part a response to Israeli "harassment" in Sheikh Jarrah ... The fighting ended in a ceasefire ... Related Topics. .
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US Military will test an Anti-Aging Pill next year to improve soldiers’ performance - Technowize Magazine
WorldNews.com 01 Aug 2021
Commencing next year, the US military’s Special Operations Command (SOCOM) will begin to test out an experimental pill that it states can stave off the results of aging on soldiers. Seems like the US military is not only advancing in Artificial Intelligence and smart weaponry but they are also working to enhance the performance of their manpower ... .
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Lewis Hamilton suspects he has long Covid after Hungarian Grand Prix
BBC News 01 Aug 2021
Lewis Hamilton says he has been battling with his health this year after contracting Covid-19 last December. .
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Burkina Faso Sees More Child Soldiers as Jihadi Attacks Rise
Beijing News 01 Aug 2021
The number of children recruited by armed groups in Burkina Faso rose at least five-fold so far this year, up from four documented cases in all of last year, according to information seen by the AP in an unpublished report by international aid and conflict experts ... Experts on child recruitment say that poverty pushes some kids toward armed groups.
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Trump's kingmaker status faces test in Ohio special election
Yahoo Daily News 02 Aug 2021
Read full article. JILL COLVIN, THOMAS BEAUMONT and JULIE CARR SMYTH. 2 August 2021, 6.08 am·7-min read ... Steve Stivers, who retired from Congress earlier this year. (AP Photo/Ross D ... Sen ... Tim Ruzicka said that he and his wife, Julie, who co-founded the group, are “totally Trump people," but that his backing wouldn't influence their pick ... .
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China's July manufacturing weakens amid export weakness
Yahoo Daily News 02 Aug 2021
Read full article. 2 August 2021, 5.14 am·1-min read ... A monthly purchasing managers’ index released by Caixin, a business magazine, declined to 50.3 from June’s 51.3 on a 100-point scale on which numbers above 50 show activity increasing. A separate PMI issued by an industry group and the Chinese statistics agency fell to 50.4 from 50.9 ... TRENDING.
