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‘We do not want war’: Mexico president defends release of El Chapo’s son
The Guardian 18 Oct 2019
Cartel gunmen on Thursday surrounded security forces in Culiacán, Sinaloa state, and made them free the drug lord’s son Ovidio Guzmán López after his detention triggered raging gunbattles and a prison break .......
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Top Navy Seal who oversaw Osama bin Laden raid: ‘Our Republic is under attack’ by Trump
The Independent 18 Oct 2019
A top US Navy admiral hailed as the architect of the Osama bin Laden raid has denounced Donald Trump, writing in a scathing editorial on Friday that the president was seeking to “destroy” the country. ... We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view. From 15p €0.18 $0.18 USD 0.27 a day, more exclusives, analysis and extras. Subscribe now....
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Clashes erupt in Barcelona as half a million separatists rally
Daily Star Lebanon 18 Oct 2019photo: AP
Erdogan says Turkey will take necessary steps against Trump's 'disrespectful' letter
The Independent 18 Oct 2019
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Donald Trump's recent letter broke with "diplomatic and political courtesy." . The letter "was not in line with diplomatic and political courtesy. We will not forget this lack of respect. This is not a priority for us ... More follows… We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view ... Comments....
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Welcome to one of the most important days in British political history
CNN 19 Oct 2019
London (CNN)Welcome to what might be one of the most important days in British political history. Earlier this week, Boris Johnson did the near impossible and secured a new Brexit deal from the European Union ... Brexit wrecking ball?. Read More ... The immediate fallout of that vote could have profound consequences for the future of the United Kingdom ... ....
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'He earned his spurs from a doctor': Gen James Mattis mocks Donald Trump – video
The Guardian 18 Oct 2019
The ex-defence secretary is laughing off an insult hurled at him by the US president. Speaking at a New York charity event a day after Trump demeaned him as ‘the world’s most overrated general’, Mattis joked that he took it as a compliment ... ‘So I guess I’m the Meryl Streep of generals’ ‘He earned his spurs from a doctor’....
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Jennifer Aniston Hilariously Throws Her Cell Phone While Joking About Breaking Instagram
Yahoo Daily News 17 Oct 2019photo: AP / Evan Vucci
In the Age of Trump, Language and Words Should Matter More Than Ever
WorldNews.com 18 Oct 2019
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. On September 19, 1796, President George Washington delivered America's first farewell address ... He warned of the "baneful effects of the spirit of party" and "the danger of political parties in the state, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations."...
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US says it has paid cash-strapped UN $180 million
The National 19 Oct 2019
The United States said on Friday it has paid the United Nations $180 million (Dh 661 million) toward its annual dues and expects to make another payment of $96 million within the next few weeks, which should help ease the UN’s cash crisis ... She said the United States anticipates making “further contributions in November as well” ... Read More ... Updated ... ....
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Lady Gaga suffers a gut-wrenching fall offstage during a dance with fan
The News International 18 Oct 2019
Lady Gaga went through a dangerously gut-wrenching fall during her concert in Las Vegas, after a fan she was dancing with, slipped and fell off the stage. Lady Gaga had her legs wrapped around the fan’s torso when he accidentally turned and slipped, taking Lady Gaga with him, nose diving off the stage ... “Everything’s okay,” Gaga said ... ....
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French intelligence services thwart ‘9-11-style terror attack’
The Independent 18 Oct 2019
A terror plot inspired by the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Centre in New York has been foiled by the French intelligence services. One person is being held in custody in France on preliminary terrorism charges after apparently planning a September 11-style plane hijacking and attack ... We’ll tell you what’s true ... Subscribe now ... 1/6....
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El Chapo's son freed as Mexican cartel gunmen chase away security forces
Deccan Chronicle 18 Oct 2019
Mexico City. Heavily armed cartel fighters surrounded security forces and made them free one of drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman's sons, whose brief apprehension triggered intense gunbattles across the city of Culiacan ... Murders this year are set to be at a record high ... He is believed to have about 12 children including Ovidio ... .......
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Merck’s Ebola vaccine is approved, which the WHO calls a ‘triumph’
Business Day 18 Oct 2019
London — The world’s first Ebola vaccine was recommended for approval by European drugs regulators on Friday in a move hailed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a “triumph for public health” that would save many lives ... It protects against the Zaire strain of the Ebola virus — the one that most commonly causes outbreaks ... Reuters ....
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Spain seeks to extradite Carles Puigdemont as Catalonia braces for general strike
The Irish Times 18 Oct 2019
Carles Puigdemont, the former Catalan president who led the region’s failed bid for independence two years ago, has handed himself into judicial authorities in Belgium in response to the reactivation of an international arrest warrant against him earlier this week ... In a statement, Puigdemont’s office said ... Photograph. Pau Barrena/AFP ... Photograph ... ....
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Mock Lunar And Martian Soil Can Successfully Support Crops (But It Can't Grow Spinach)
IFL Science 18 Oct 2019
If we are going to establish permanent bases on the Moon or Mars we need to know that they can be self-sufficient. There are questions about the production of water and the potential dangers of cosmic rays, and we also need to consider food. Dutch researchers set about addressing the latter, and obtained some interesting results ... ....
