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McConnell Blocks Bill To Reopen Most Of Government
WorldNews.com 23 Jan 2019
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) blocked legislation on Wednesday that would reopen most of the government currently closed during the partial shutdown, The Hill reported.Sen ... 30.McConnell, however, objected. It's the fourth time he's blocked the bill to reopen most of government ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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A meteor hit the moon during the lunar eclipse. Here's what we know.
Democratic Underground 23 Jan 2019
On Sunday, January 20, viewers across the Western Hemisphere were treated to the rusty hues of the decade's last blood moon eclipse. But as people across the planet watched the moon glow crimson, some lucky observers caught an unexpected delight ... ....
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Nurse Charged With Sexual Assault After Woman In Vegetative State Gives Birth
WorldNews.com 23 Jan 2019
Phoenix police announced on Wednesday they arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of sexually assaulting and impregnating a woman in a vegetative state who gave birth in December at a health care facility, according to CNN ... Sutherland was arrested and is booked on preliminary charges of sexual assault and vulnerable-adult abuse. Phoenix police Sgt....
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Pelosi To Trump: No State Of The Union During Shutdown
WorldNews.com 23 Jan 2019
The game of one-upmanship continued Wednesday as earlier in the day U.S. President Donald Trump defied House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and insisted he will give his State of the Union address on the House floor next Tuesday before Pelosi responded later denying the president his opportunity, Fox News reported....
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Russia Says 'Arbitray' Israeli Airstrikes On Syria Must Stop
WorldNews.com 24 Jan 2019
Israel did not immediately respond.Earlier on Wednesday, Netanyahu signaled that the Syria sorties would continue.“The IDF (Israel Defense Force) is the only military that is fighting the Iranian army in Syria,” he said during a visit to an Israeli army base. “I am certain in our ability to defeat the enemy.”WN.com, Jim Berrie . ....
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US, Canada, OAS Head Recognize Guaidó As The New President Of Venezuela
WorldNews.com 23 Jan 2019
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó declared himself interim president on Wednesday as hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans joined to protest across the country and demand an end to the government of President Nicolas Maduro, according to BBC News ... ... "We will stay on the street until Venezuela is liberated!" Guaidó promised ... ... ... ....
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Brazil's Top Prosecutor Warns Bolsonaro To Respect Indigenous Land Rights
WorldNews.com 24 Jan 2019photo: AP / Patrick Semansky
White House Asks For List Of Programs Affected If Government Shutdown Lasts Until April
WorldNews.com 23 Jan 2019
White House acting chief of staff and Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney was pressing agency leaders to provide him with a list of the programs that would be most affected if the partial government shutdown continues into March and April on Wednesday, according to The Washington Post ... The Post also reported the U.S....
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Breaking The Silence: Who And What’s Behind Rise In Plagues At The U.S. Border?
WorldNews.com 23 Jan 2019
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas DarlingBlowback and unintended consequences from foreign wars and military entanglements aren’t the only plagues to have come home to roost in the United States. So too are the dramatic increases in infectious and untreatable diseases along its border with Mexico ... in Latin America ... Like Wendell Berry said ... ....
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China Confirms It Arrested Australian-Chinese Writer Yang Hengjun In Guangzhou
WorldNews.com 24 Jan 2019
Chinese authorities informed the Australian embassy in Beijing it did detain prominent writer and activist Yang Hengjun, according to Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on Wednesday ... China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman told a regular press conference she was unaware of the case ... What is happening? But it is very concerning ... ... ....
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German Anti-Immigrant Party Members Walk Out Of Holocaust Survivor's Speech
WorldNews.com 24 Jan 2019photo: AP / Marco Ugarter
Trial Witness Says 'El Chapo''s Sons Killed Mexican Journalist
WorldNews.com 24 Jan 2019
Sons of accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman murdered a journalist well known for his coverage of drug cartels, a former associate testified at Guzman’s U.S ... His lawyers have claimed he was framed by another powerful drug trafficker, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada.Acccording to media reports, Guzman has fathered as many as 15 children....
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Planetary Collision That Formed Moon May Have Made Life On Earth Possible, Study Finds
WorldNews.com 24 Jan 2019
The collision could also have imbued our planet with the carbon, nitrogen and sulfur needed for life to form, scientists reported Wednesday in the journal Science Advances.Back then, Earth was a little like Mars is today ... Though some volatiles existed in the core, they couldn't make their way to the planet’s outer layers ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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Cohen: Trump's 'Threats Against His Family' Will Delay House Testimony On Feb. 7
WorldNews.com 23 Jan 2019
NBC News reports the former personal lawyer and fixer for U.S. President Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, will delay his public testimony before Congress “due to ongoing threats against his family from President Trump" and members of his legal team, attorney Lanny Davis said in a statement Wednesday ... "Mr ... This is a time where Mr....
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Indonesia Struggles To Manage Widespread Plastic Pollution
WorldNews.com 24 Jan 2019
Even though Indonesia launched a major plan last year to cut plastic waste which ends up in the ocean by 70 percent over the next seven years, the country still struggles with widespread pollution in its rivers and on its beaches, according to Reuters ... Marzuki, a resident of Taruumajaya on the banks of the Pisang Batu river, told Reuters ... ....
