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McConnell Vows To Be 'Grim Reaper' For Progressive Policies
WorldNews.com 22 Apr 2019
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday vowed to be the "Grim Reaper" for progressive policies if Republicans hold on to the Senate in 2020, The Hill reports. "If I'm still the majority leader in the Senate think of me as the Grim Reaper ... I can promise you." ... "Now, my friends, we're having a legitimate debate about the virtues of socialism....
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Crew Capsule Accident A Serious Setback For SpaceX
WorldNews.com 22 Apr 2019
SpaceX has suffered a serious setback in its effort to launch NASA astronauts into orbit this year, with the fiery loss of its first crew capsule during testing, The Associated Press reported.Over the weekend, the company’s recently flown Dragon crew capsule was engulfed in smoke and flames on an engine test stand at Cape Canaveral....
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Washington Could Become First To Allow Human Composting
WorldNews.com 23 Apr 2019
She explained how the process begins with the body being covered "natural materials, like straw or wood chips, and over the course of about three to seven weeks, thanks to microbial activity, it breaks down into soil." ... his group was already getting questions about the new process....
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Anti-Migrant Militia Leader Said Group Trained To Assassinate Soros, Clinton, Obama
WorldNews.com 23 Apr 2019photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin
PLO To Discuss Revoking Israel Recognition, Ending Security Coordination
WorldNews.com 22 Apr 2019
President Donald Trump is pushing, the report said ... Speaking to Arab League foreign ministers Sunday in Cairo, Abbas indicated the PA was considering rescinding all signed agreements with Israel, the newspaper reported....
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Myanmar Supreme Court Upholds Verdict Against Two Jailed Reuters Reporters
WorldNews.com 23 Apr 2019
Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, have been detained for more than six months after they were accused of breaking a colonial-era official secrets law for their reporting about the Rohingya crisis in the Rakhine state. Their case has raised important questions about the country's ......
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Sri Lankan Official Says International Network Involved In Easter Bombings
WorldNews.com 23 Apr 2019
The emergency law gives police and the military expansive powers to detain and interrogate suspects without the usual court orders ... “We don’t think a small organization can do all that ... ... Police have already arrested more than two dozen people, all of whom were Sri Lankan, but gave no details about the ongoing probe ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Chelsea Manning to remain in jail after appeals court denies bail request
The Guardian 22 Apr 2019photo: Creative Commons / COP PARIS
China's Xi urges closer naval ties amid regional tensions
Yahoo Daily News 23 Apr 2019
QINGDAO, China (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is urging closer ties between the world's navies amid tensions over China's rapid expansion of its naval forces ... ....
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Global Markets: Oil jumps on U.S. plans to tighten Iran sanctions; dollar eases
Yahoo Daily News 23 Apr 2019
Stocks on Wall Street hovered near break-even as the benchmark S&P 500 index was about 1% away from the record high hit in September, boosted in part by largely positive earnings in a market that had sharply lowered its expectations. About one-third of S&P 500 companies, ......
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Strong 6.3-Magnitude Earthquake Hits The Philippines
WorldNews.com 22 Apr 2019
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the Philippines main island of Luzon, causing several buildings to collapse with at least six people dead on Monday, according to The New Straits Times. The quake struck 60 km (37 miles) northwest of the capital, Manila, at a depth of 40 km (25 miles), according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) ... ....
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Kamala Harris joins impeachment call during Democratic town hall
Indian Express 23 Apr 2019
On Monday, they clashed from afar while taking questions from college students about free college, free health care, gun control and impeachment ... “If you had any doubt about how radical the Democrat Party has become, their 2020 frontrunner wants to let terrorists convicted of murdering American citizens vote from prison....
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Can Mauritian herbs inhibit the spread of cancer cells?
Deccan Chronicle 23 Apr 2019
Washington ... The details were published in the Journal of Acta Naturae ... "About one-third of the local plants are used in traditional medicine, but there is still a lack of scientific evidence of their therapeutic potential, while genocide of nature is most evident on such small pieces of a lost paradise ... .......
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Adele might unveil heartbreak album by end of 2019
The Times of India 23 Apr 2019photo: AP / Moises Castillo
