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Haley: US 'not looking to do regime change anywhere'
CNN 23 Sep 2018
"The United States is not looking to do regime change in Iran," Haley said on CNN's "State of the Union." ... ....
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Land of the free? How Trump has put America’s identity in peril
The Guardian 23 Sep 2018
Some 20 months into his term Trump has been pretty much the president we expected. loud, boastful, bullying, reckless, ruder than the worst-bred minor royalty, tetchy as a wolverine in heat. The main thing to note is the very most main thing ... Twitter ... Groups like Kansas People’s Action and the New Georgia Project have been showing the way, along with this season’s wave of rookie Democratic candidates who’ve questioned party orthodoxy....
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Joshua overpowers Povetkin to retain world heavyweight titles
Supersport 23 Sep 2018
</p>A previously close contest turned in Joshua's favour decisively when he sent the Russian crashing to the canvas with a straight right hand and left hook. </p>Povetkin gamely beat the count but Joshua piled in before referee Steve Gray stopped the contest at one minute and 59 seconds of the seventh round ... </p>"Povetkin is a very tough challenger and he proved it tonight," Joshua told Sky Sports....
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Venezuela crisis: Chinese hospital ship docks for a week
BBC News 23 Sep 2018
Mr Padrino López thanked China for the gesture of friendship and said that both countries would benefit. "It is a pleasure to have this ship in Venezuela, which has arrived here after travelling to more than 40 countries" he said. "This is how true diplomacy is done ... Related Topics. ....
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From reality TV to U.N., Trump to wield Security Council gavel
Yahoo Daily News 23 Sep 2018
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - He has chaired board meetings, cabinet meetings and starred in a reality television show, but on Wednesday U.S. President Donald Trump will wield the gavel in the United Nations Security Council to denounce Iran for what it sees as its malign regional behavior ... U.S ... attempts to get the Security Council to call out Tehran over accusations it supplied weapons to Yemen's Houthi group, a charge that Iran denies ... ....
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NASA's Mars MAVEN Craft Captures Selfie on Fourth Birthday
Newsweek 22 Sep 2018
The MAVEN mission to Mars entered the upper atmosphere of the planet four years ago as of Friday and NASA is celebrating with one of its signature space selfies....
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‘Birmingham pharmacist’ held in Syria on suspected Isis links
The Guardian 23 Sep 2018
A man who says he is a pharmacist from Birmingham has been detained in Syria on suspicion of being a member of Islamic State ... The group said he had been captured in the city of Deir ez-Zor a month ago ... He says he has been in Syria for just under four years ... “This underscores, once again, how Islamic State fighters, and many foreigners with them, remain operational despite the group’s loss of territory.” ... Twitter ... .......
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Islamic State claims killing of 29 at Iran military parade
The Times of India 22 Sep 2018
Militants shot dead at least 29 people including women and children in an attack on Saturday on an Iranian military parade claimed by the Islamic State group, as Tehran accused a US ally in the region of the assault ... of revolutionary leader Ruhollah Khomeini -- the first inside Iran claimed by the Sunni Muslim extremists of the Islamic State group....
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Dominic Raab rules out snap general election to save May's Brexit plan
The Observer 23 Sep 2018
Brexit secretary Dominic Raab has dismissed claims Theresa May could call a snap autumn general election to save her Brexit plans as he played down the chances of the government pivoting towards a Canada-style free trade deal. The cabinet minister said it was “for the birds” to suggest the prime minister could go to the country after Brussels rejected her Chequers proposals at a summit in Salzburg last week ... That can’t be right.”. ....
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WhatsApp to unveil new features for better experience
Deccan Chronicle 23 Sep 2018
As the latest Android version — Android 9 Pie has already made its way to the Pixel family, WhatsApp now seems to have started testing its support for new MessagingStyle inline images for the notification panel, according to Android Police ... Furthermore, group images can also be expanded for preview, but upon collapsing the preview, it will shift to the right side with the group icon next to it ... ....
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Death toll 209 as survivor found in capsized Tanzania ferry
CTV 22 Sep 2018
The death toll soared past 200 while a survivor was found inside a capsized Tanzania ferry two days after the Lake Victoria disaster, officials said Saturday, while search efforts were ending to focus on identifying bodies ... ....
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Kavanaugh accuser accepts request to testify before Senate committee next week
ABC7 22 Sep 2018
Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, has agreed to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee next week. Ford's lawyers wrote in an email Saturday afternoon that she "accepts the committee's request to provide her firsthand knowledge of Brett Kavanaugh's sexual misconduct next week." ... The response from Ford's lawyers came at around 2.30 p.m ... Charles Grassley, R-Iowa ... ....
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US tells Iran to 'look in the mirror' after Ahvaz attack
BBC News 23 Sep 2018
An anti-government Arab group - Ahvaz National Resistance - and the Islamic State (IS) group both claimed responsibility for the killings. And Mr Rouhani said the "bully" US, along with Gulf states it backed, had enabled the attack ... He added ... Iran also summoned diplomats from the UK, the Netherlands, and Denmark on Saturday, accusing their countries of harbouring Iranian opposition groups.And why are US-Iran relations so tense? ... ....
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"It's A Nightmare Scenario": A Radioactive Object Was Found In San Francisco's New $8 Billion Neighborhood
IFL Science 22 Sep 2018
It's been a few years since developers began constructing an $8 billion neighborhood on the site of the former San Francisco Shipyard, and residents are still complaining about possible exposure to hazardous material ... The finding isn't exactly shocking, given the land's history ... "It's a nightmare scenario," Bradley Angel, the executive director of the watchdog group Greenaction, told the Chronicle ... Follow us on Facebook and Twitter ... ....
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UN chief urges Myanmar government to free Reuters journalists
The Himalayan 23 Sep 2018
WASHINGTON. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called on the Myanmar government to pardon and release two imprisoned Reuters journalists as soon as possible. “It is not acceptable to have the journalists of Reuters being in jail for what they were doing,” Guterres told reporters at the United Nations in response to a question about Aung San Suu Kyi’s recent remarks on the case ... ....
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