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Nikki Haley mocks Trump and Elizabeth Warren in speech a week after resigning

10/20/2018, 3:04:38 PM
Ms Haley is due to leave her UN post at the end of the year ✔ There were no deaths reported among the 164 passengers and six crew members aboard the Utair Boeing 737, but the Russian health ministry said 18 people were injured ✔ After her resignation announcement, Mr Trump praised the ambassador, saying she has done a fantastic job, and that she is a fantastic person


REVEALED: Photos show China HELPING with Pakistan nuclear programme amid WW3 concern

10/20/2018, 2:16:04 PM
CHINA is extending its influence into Pakistan as it rushes to help the nation’s nuclear programme by building two power stations, satellite images have revealed. ✔ But the plants have been set up in an area that is extremely prone to seismic shifts as Karachi is on the cusp of three tectonic plates – the Arabia plate, the Eurasia plate and the India plate ✔ But China’s dominance comes at the expense of local contractors in partner countries


Far-right hecklers confront Nancy Pelosi and call her a 'communist' at Florida campaign event

10/20/2018, 12:21:55 PM
Some 40 protestors hurled insults at Pelosi, including members of self-proclaimed 'western chauvinists' group, the Proud Boys ✔ A group of hecklers angrily confronted House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi during a campaign stop for a congressional hopeful in South Florida, cursing at her and calling her a communist in a moment that was captured on video ✔ AFP/Getty 32/50 19 September 2018 Los Angeles has moved to ban the sale of fur within its city limits


Winter 2018: What will the US winter be like this year? Shock MAP shows WARM winter ahead

10/20/2018, 12:59:09 PM
WINTER 2018 weather forecast maps for the United States point towards a dull, wet and warmer than usual winter season this year. ✔ Although a weak El Nino is expected, it may still influence the winter season by bringing wetter conditions across the southern United States, and warmer, drier conditions to parts of the North ✔ NOAA’s next season outlook for winter will be published on November 15


Minor earthquakes detected near fracking site in Lancashire

10/20/2018, 1:07:59 PM
One tremor was magnitude 0.3, the level beyond which experts say fracking has to proceed with caution ✔ All of the earthquakes detected at Preston New Road so far are below the threshold required to cease hydraulic fracturing ✔ This is not an ‘amber’ incident under the traffic light system operated by the OGA as we were not pumping fracturing fluid as part of our hydraulic fracturing operations at the time and the seismic events remain under 0.5 local magnitude


Australia government stripped of majority after by-election rout

10/20/2018, 1:11:13 PM
The Australian government will lose its one-seat majority in parliament with mor... ✔ Even if Morrison can hold a minority government together, his entire legislative agenda will be driven by five independents ✔ If they don’t deliver these things, then they don’t deserve to survive, Katter said ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


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10/20/2018, 3:06:56 PM
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7 Photo Stories Will Help You See The World A Little Differently

10/20/2018, 3:20:35 PM
Here are some of the most interesting and powerful photo stories from across the internet. ✔ Maya Alleruzzo compassionately captures the care given to the children orphaned during the war with the Islamic State, although it is hard to capture in photos the bewildering and heart-wrenching breadth of experience they have survived ✔ 22 Of The Most Powerful Photos Of This Week BuzzFeed News Here are the most moving and breathtaking pictures from the past week


Gillibrand’s (Lack of) Spending in 2018 Offers Hints of 2020

10/20/2018, 3:24:36 PM
Senator Kristen Gillibrand, a Democrat from New York, maintains that she is solely focused on her re-election. But her trips and campaign spending suggest otherwise. ✔ In 2012, Ms. Gillibrand spent $9.3 million in the third quarter, compared with $1.4 million in the third quarter of 2018, Federal Election Commission records show ✔ Opinion: A Whole Lot of Babbling Going On This is the front line of Saudi Arabia’s invisible war


The Observer view on the urgent need for a fresh vote on Europe | Observer editorial

10/20/2018, 12:54:35 PM
While Europe remains united in defence of its principles, the Tory party is hopelessly divided. Voters must be given a voice ✔ For them, Brexit is a wanton act of family separation, brutally wrecking the European home where they were raised ✔ Britain is on the brink of a historic calamity, for which the country’s entire political class must share the blame ✔ The politicians have failed, so the people must take charge


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