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Despite climate, war and Covid, is everything actually … getting better?
The Observer 14 Aug 2022
Reading and watching the media over the past year, you might be forgiven for thinking that we are facing the collapse of civilisation ... In the face of these threats, it may be hard to maintain a rose-tinted view of the future – unless, that is, you are the Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker ... The Covid-19 pandemic is the obvious place to start ... .
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On the anniversary of partition, let’s consign the pitiless logic of Hindu v Muslim to the past
The Guardian 14 Aug 2022
In a remarkable document from the 13th century, a Sufi writer records his epiphany about the prophet Muhammad granting permission to music in India ... ....
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Marjorie Taylor Greene is trying to impeach Merrick Garland, saying the Trump Mar-a-Lago raid was ...
Business Insider 14 Aug 2022
Left. Merrick Garland; right. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Left. AP Photo/Susan Walsh; right. AP Photo/John Bazemore, Pool, File Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to impeach Attorney General Merrick Garland for the Mar-a-Lago raid ... The FBI recovered 11 boxes containing classified records that Trump took from the White House. Rep ... —Rep ... ....
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Veteran opposition leader Odinga ahead in Kenya’s presidential race- official results
FX Empire 13 Aug 2022
By Katharine Houreld. NAIROBI (Reuters) – Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga led Kenya’s presidential race, official election results showed on Saturday, pushing Deputy President William Ruto into second place ... East Africa’s wealthiest nation and most vibrant democracy held presidential, parliamentary and local elections on Tuesday ... Advertisement.
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A disastrous megaflood is coming to California, experts say, and it could be the most expensive natural disaster in history
Madison 14 Aug 2022
Many Californians fear the "Big One," but it might not be what you think. It's not an earthquake. And it isn't the mega drought. It's actually the exact opposite. A megaflood. A new study by Science Advances shows climate change has already doubled the chances of a disastrous flood happening in California in the next four decades ... Open Jim ... .
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Bitcoin Touched $25K for the First Time in 2-Months: Shiba Inu Soars 15% (Weekend Watch)
CryptoPotato 14 Aug 2022
After a brief dip, bitcoin went on the offensive once more and tapped $25,000 for the first time since mid-June. The altcoins are calmer today, but Shiba Inu has stolen the show with a massive double-digit surge. Bitcoin Touched $25K ... It kept going and marked a multi-month high above $24,800 later that day ... BTCUSD. Source ... Cryptocurrency Market Overview.
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Afghanistan's media doomed as country loses journalists under Taliban rule
Independent online (SA) 14 Aug 2022
Expressing grave concern over the situation of journalists in Afghanistan, Reporters Without Borders, says the country has lost 39.59 percent of its media outlets and almost 60 percent of its journalists since the Taliban took over the South Asian nation on August 15 ... Afghanistan had 547 media outlets prior to 15 August 2021 ... Asian News .
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Xi Jinping faces stumbling blocks, as crucial Communist party meeting looms
The Guardian 13 Aug 2022
But so far, the Year of the Tiger has been full of stumbling blocks ... Then the economy showed signs of a serious slowdown, leading to growing unemployment among the young ... ....
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Moscow warns of end to Russia-US relations if assets seized
The Jerusalem Post 13 Aug 2022
Any possible seizure of Russian assets by the United States will completely destroy Moscow's bilateral relations with Washington, TASS quoted the head of the North American Department at the Russian foreign ministry as saying on Saturday ... Consequences ... SPUTNIK/ALEKSEY NIKOLSKYI/KREMLIN VIA REUTERS) ... .
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Eleven dead, including two children, in mass shooting in Montenegro
Gulf Daily News 13 Aug 2022
CETINJE, MONTENGRO. Eleven people, including two children and a gunman, were killed in a mass shooting in Montenegro on Friday, and six others were injured, a state prosecutor told Vijesti TV after an initial investigation of the crime scene ... "The family was staying at the house of the shooter as tenants," Brdjanin said ... .
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Senior Cabinet minister switches sides from Rishi Sunak to Liz Truss in the UK PM race
The Telegraph India 13 Aug 2022
A senior Cabinet minister who was backing Rishi Sunak in the UK prime ministerial contest on Saturday became the first high-profile figure to switch sides to the opposing camp of Foreign Secretary Liz Truss ... Buckland writes, "I know both candidates well and have worked with them in government and in Cabinet... Boris, Rishi ties sour. .
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Taliban disperses Afghan women’s march for ‘work and freedom’
Al Jazeera 13 Aug 2022
Taliban fighters beat female protesters and fired into the air on Saturday to dispersed a rare rally in the Afghan capital, Kabul, days before the first anniversary of the group’s return to power. About 40 women marched on the education ministry in Kabul, chanting “bread, work and freedom” ... — Oliver Marsden (@OliverGMarsden) August 13, 2022 ... .
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Las tragedias de Anne Heche: su padre abusó sexualmente de ella, sus tres hermanos murieron, ...
El Mundo 13 Aug 2022
Accidente Muere Anne Heche Anne Heche Accidente de coche fatal. Los peores pronósticos se han cumplido. La actriz norteamericana Anne Heche falleció ayer a los 53 años tras pasar una semana en el hospital a raíz del impacto de su coche contra una casa en el barrio angelino de Mar Vista ... Su vida estuvo plagada de tragedias ... Acababa de cumplir 18 años ... .
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US to boost Taiwan trade, conduct air, sea transits
Manila Bulletin 13 Aug 2022
WASHINGTON, United States — The United States will boost trade with Taiwan in response to China’s “provocative” behaviour, the White House said Friday, as it insisted on the right of air and sea passage through the tense strait ... Sam Yeh / AFP ... China views Taiwan as its own territory to be seized one day, by force if necessary.
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Risk of new tensions as Ethiopia completes third filling of Nile mega-dam
The Arab Weekly 13 Aug 2022
ADDIS ABABA –. Ethiopia announced Friday it has completed the third filling of its mega-dam on the Blue Nile, a new milestone that could raise further tensions with downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan ... “The Nile is a gift of God given to us for Ethiopians to make use of it.” ... Concerns over impact ... Almost complete ... .