Tag: world news
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Iran launches missiles at Syria, but message is aimed at U.S., Israel, Saudi Arabia
by“There are multiple theaters where escalations could result, and something bigger than anybody really wants to see,” one expert warned. TEHRAN, Iran — When Iran launched ballistic missiles into Syria Monday, its message was aimed more at the Islamic Republic’s powerful foes: the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia. The country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said it had […]
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Indonesia earthquake and tsunami: How warning system failed the victims
byHundreds of people have been killed and many still remain missing after a tsunami struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday, triggered by a powerful earthquake. A tsunami warning was sent out – lasting just over 30 minutes – but it appears to have drastically underestimated the scale of the tsunami that would follow. […]
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Indonesia earthquake: Huge surge in death toll
byAt least 832 people were killed in the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the national disaster agency says. It added that the affected area was bigger than initially thought. Many people were reported trapped in the rubble of buildings that collapsed in Friday’s 7.5-magnitude earthquake, agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo […]
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Cassidy: FBI Should Investigate Dems’ Efforts to Delay Kavanaugh Confirmati
bySen. Bill Cassidy on Saturday accused Democrats of strategically attempting to delay the Supreme Court confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh. Following Friday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, President Trump ordered the FBI to conduct a “supplemental” probe into the sexual misconduct accusations against the nominee. “How many more charges can be brought out to smear this man?” Cassidy (R-La.) […]
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Indonesia earthquake: Hundreds dead in Palu quake and tsunami
byMore than 380 people have been confirmed dead after a tsunami triggered by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit an Indonesian city on Friday. Waves up to 3m (10ft) high swept through Palu on Sulawesi island. Video on social media shows people screaming and fleeing in panic and a mosque among the buildings damaged. Strong aftershocks […]
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The SEC just went nuclear on Elon Musk. Here’s what happens next
byElon Musk is the heart and soul of Tesla. If the SEC gets its way, he could have to step down. The SEC filed a lawsuit on Thursday that accused Musk of making “false and misleading”statements about a plan to take Tesla private. The real shocker is the SEC wants a judge to bar Musk, the company’s […]
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Senate panel heads to vote on Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh
byWASHINGTON – Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to a lifetime seat on the U.S. Supreme Court hung in the balance on Friday after a jarring and raucous hearing into sexual misconduct allegations against him. The Senate Judiciary Committee, with 11 Republicans and 10 Democrats, is set to meet at 9:30 a.m. (1330 GMT), giving its members little […]
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Christine Blasey Ford: Kavanaugh sex attack changed my life
byA woman has testified that the man nominated for a vacant post on the US Supreme Court by Donald Trump carried out a sexual assault 36 years ago that “drastically” affected her life. Christine Blasey Ford told the Senate Judiciary Committee that Brett Kavanaugh’s attack on her had left her “afraid and ashamed”. Mr Kavanaugh […]
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Trump ‘went off’ on French president during face-to-face meeting
byUS President Donald Trump was “ranting and venting on trade” to French President Emmanuel Macron during their bilateral meeting Monday evening, according to a senior diplomatic source. Trump lambasted the European Union for its trade policies, saying it was worse than China — a complaint that the US president made to his French counterpart in an […]
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While America wages war on opioids, meth makes its comeback
byFor Capt. Mark Wollmershauser Jr. and the Tulsa Police Department, the late-2000s and early 2010s were an extremely dangerous time. In Oklahoma, a state that is no stranger to the scourge of methamphetamine addiction, those years were the heyday of the “shake and bake” method — a rudimentary way of making meth using just cold […]
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