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Why is mainstream culture so quiet about climate change?
The Independent 21 Mar 2019
The weather in England has been weird. I got a little burnt sunbathing in February. The snowman in the garden had recently melted. Meanwhile, the news is full of climate change and ecological collapse ... But when I sit down in the evening and flick on the telly, browse the cinema listings, or put on some music, I don’t find the biggest story on earth ... ....
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Crashed Boeing Jets Lacked Key Safety Features
WorldNews.com 21 Mar 2019
A new report published on Thursday in the New York Times said the doomed Boeing jets which crashed in Indonesia and Ethiopia both lacked two safety features in the cockpits because the company charged extra to install them ... Faulty data from sensors on the Lion Air plane could have caused that system, called MCAS, to malfunction ... Fehrm told the NYT....
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Trump Announces US Will Recognize Israeli Sovereignty Over Golan Heights
WorldNews.com 21 Mar 2019
Setting aside decades of Middle East policy, US President Donald Trump on Thursday tweeted “After 52 years, it is time for the United States to fully recognize Israeli's Sovereignty over the Golan Heights,” ABC News reported....
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Dubai finds itself entangled in sex abuse case against R. Kelly
Chicago Sun-Times 21 Mar 2019
Dubai found itself entangled in the sex abuse case against American R&B singer R. Kelly on Thursday after the performer asked a U.S. judge to allow him to come to the Arabian Peninsula sheikhdom to perform shows and “meet with the royal family.” ... and the UAE, a federation of seven sheikhdoms ... Kelly was charged on Feb ... RELATED R ... The R ... ....
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Venezuelan forces detain key aide to opposition leader
San Francisco Chronicle 21 Mar 2019
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan security forces detained a key aide to opposition leader Juan Guaido in a raid on his home early Thursday, an opposition lawmaker said. Lawyer Roberto Marrero was taken by intelligence agents in the overnight operation in Caracas, said lawmaker Sergio Vergara, whose nearby residence was also searched ... The U.S ... ....
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Michel Temer: Brazil ex-president arrested
BBC News 21 Mar 2019
Former Brazilian President Michel Temer has been arrested as part of a wide-ranging corruption investigation, local media say ... ....
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Facebook says it stored millions of passwords in plain text
WPXI 21 Mar 2019
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Facebook said Thursday that it stored millions of its users' passwords in plain text for years. The acknowledgement from the social media giant came after a security researcher posted about the issue online ... Facebook said there is no evidence its employees abused access to this data ... ___ ... ....
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Another terror attack on India will be 'extremely problematic': US warns Pakistan
International Business Times 21 Mar 2019
"We need to see Pakistan taking concrete and sustained action to reign in the terrorist groups, mainly the Jaish-e-Mohammed and the Lashkar-e-Taiba in order to ensure that we don't have re-escalation (of tension) in the region," a senior administration official told reporters at the White House....
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Counter-Terrorism Officers Probing Attacks On Five Mosques In Birmingham
WorldNews.com 21 Mar 2019
Five mosques in Birmingham in the West Midlands in the United Kingdom had their windows smashes with a sledgehammer on Thursday morning, according to local police. Deutsche Welle said authorities believe the attacks are likely linked and counter-terrorism police have launched their own investigation into the incidents ... ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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Deaths Feared In Ferry Sinking In Tigris River Near Mosul
WorldNews.com 21 Mar 2019
A ferry sinking in the Tigris river near the Iraqi city of Mosul has resulted in the death of at least 40 people, BBC News reported Thursday....
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Democrats Demand Documents On Kushner's Use Of WhatsApp For White House Business
WorldNews.com 21 Mar 2019
House Oversight and Reform Committee chairman Rep. Elijah Cummings sent a letter to the White House on Thursday which raised concerns about newly revealed information from last December over Jared Kushner using encrypted messaging service WhatsApp and his personal email account to conduct official White House business, according to Politico....
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Facebook: Our AI failed to catch the New Zealand shooter video
CNN 21 Mar 2019
London (CNN)Facebook acknowledges its systems failed to catch the livestream video of the New Zealand mosque attack, shedding new light on how the company became aware of the video ... The shooter livestreamed 17 minutes of the horrific attack -- which left 50 people dead -- on Facebook ... Read More ... ....
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Hundreds March Against Orban's New Academic Restrictions
WorldNews.com 21 Mar 2019
More than 1,000 people protested outside the Hungarian Academy of Science on Thursday to protest Prime Minister Viktor Orban's attempts to overhaul the institution which scientists and academics argue is a threat to their independence, according to Reuters ... "Yet, our nearly 200-year-old national institution is left fighting for its survival.”....
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Myanmar women trafficked as brides into sexual slavery in China, reveals harrowing report
The Independent 21 Mar 2019
China’s shortage of women is causing young women to be trafficked into the country from Myanmar as brides and raped until they become pregnant, a harrowing new report has found. The Human Rights Watch report, called "Give Us a Baby and We’ll Let You Go ... We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view ... Subscribe now ... China cancels Christmas ... 1/7 ... ....
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Brexit: UK heading for no-deal if MPs reject deal next week, says Macron
The Independent 21 Mar 2019
The UK will be heading for a no-deal Brexit if MPs reject Theresa May’s deal next week, EU leaders have warned – as they arrived at a summit in Brussels to discuss an extension to Article 50 ... "We have to be clear ... ....
