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Naya Rivera search continues as authorities release underwater footage
The News International 11 Jul 2020
Two days since the disappearance of actor Naya Rivera, the search continues at Lake Piru with no sign of the star in sight. Authorities have now released underwater footage from the area where the Glee actor’s disappearance was reported, to show what exactly they are up against ... Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Captain Eric Buschow said ... ....
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As US beats sanctions drums over Hong Kong, Germany says keeping ties with China warm brings 'more stability & less conflict'
Russia Today 11 Jul 2020
Germany won't go tough on Beijing over Hong Kong as it understands that not every country is run by a Western playbook, Berlin's economy minister has said. Indeed, preserving ties yields more results than pressure does, he added ... Berlin, of course, has "an opinion" on the developments in Hong Kong but will keep it to itself, Altmaier said ... READ MORE ... ....
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Trump demands extradition of former MI6 officer Christopher Steele over Russia dossier
The Independent 11 Jul 2020
He was retweeting a report from Just The News regarding a British court ruling that Mr Steele had violated a data privacy law by failing ......
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The US is reportedly threatening to remove the dollar's peg to the Hong Kong dollar. ...
Business Insider 11 Jul 2020
Bloomberg reported this week the US might restrict Hong Kong's access to US dollars and potentially spell an end to the Hong Kong dollar's 37-year currency peg to the US dollar. One analyst, however, rubbished the threats, saying that such a move "would be an act of war" and wouldn't be implemented by the US....
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Hong Kong police raid pollster ahead of opposition vote
The Times of India 11 Jul 2020
HONG KONG. have raided the office of a prominent opinion pollster that was helping the city's pro-democracy opposition to conduct a primary election, a director of the group said Saturday ... Chung said the primary voting system was safe and its operation was legal and transparent ... The Times of Indiafor Latest News. more from times of india news ... ....
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Iran-Syria accord first step to defang US Caesar sanctions: Assad's top aide
Press TV 11 Jul 2020
A senior aide to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has hailed a comprehensive military-security deal recently signed with Iran as the first step to overcome sweeping US economic sanctions against the Arab country, saying Damascus has many other options to counter American restrictions ... "We have many options to defeat the Caesar law," she said ... ....
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Trump says does not want US to withdraw from Nato
The Times of India 11 Jul 2020
MOSCOW. US President Donald said in an interview with the Washington Post daily that he did not want the United States to leave , however, the allies had to pay their contributions ... "I had some that were paying almost nothing, and now they're paying ... Download. The Times of Indiafor Latest News. more from times of india news ... Top Videos ... ....
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Boris Johnson urged to apologise for Srebrenica remarks
The National 11 Jul 2020
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been urged to apologise for a 1997 article where he wrote “they weren't exactly angels, these Muslims” in reference to the victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre during the Bosnian War. Mr Johnson’s office said his comments were taken out of context ... Read More ... Lessons from war zones....
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Questionable tactics by deputies in Andres Guardado killing put pressure on sheriff
The Los Angeles Times 11 Jul 2020
Andres Guardado had surrendered and was lying facedown on the ground when a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who had been chasing him down a driveway holstered his weapon and approached the 18-year-old to put him in handcuffs, the deputy would recount ... The deputy fired six rounds, five of which struck the teenager in the back, killing him ... Adam L....
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Ghislaine Maxwell offers $5m for bail as she claims she has been made a scapegoat
Yahoo Daily News 11 Jul 2020
Lawyers for British heiress Ghislaine Maxwell claim she is not a flight risk, as they appeal to court in New York to grant her bail - Reuters. Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers are appealing to a New York court to grant the British heiress bail, secured by properties in the UK worth millions of dollars, as they claimed she has been made a scapegoat ... ....
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Roger Stone: Trump proves his love for 'law and order' doesn't apply to friends
Yahoo Daily News 11 Jul 2020
The law and order president has decided that a convicted criminal should not go to prison ... Related ... He did so to protect Trump ... Personal and political forces worked in favour of Stone, whose cause was reportedly championed by the Fox News host Tucker Carlson ... According to Howard Fineman, an NBC News analyst, Stone said of Trump earlier on Friday ... More ... ....
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Tiger, pangolin farming in Myanmar risks 'boosting demand'
The Times of India 11 Jul 2020
YANGON. Conservationists have warned a sudden change in Myanmar's law allowing the commercial farming of tigers, pangolins and other endangered species risks further fuelling demand in China for rare wildlife products ... "We must do everything we can to protect them." ... The Times of Indiafor Latest News. more from times of india news ... ....
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Iran says it cannot shut down economy despite worsening coronavirus outbreak
Deccan Herald 11 Jul 2020
Iran said on Saturday that it cannot afford to shut down its sanctions-hit economy, even as the Middle East's deadliest coronavirus outbreak worsens with record-high death tolls and rising infections ... Deaths from the respiratory disease hit 221 on Thursday -- a single-day record for Iran ... Deccan Herald News now on Telegram - Click here to subscribe....
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Trump chooses distraction politics over leadership
CNN 11 Jul 2020
View Trump and Biden head-to-head polling. Read More ... A new ABC News/Ipsos poll released on Friday showed that two-thirds of Americans (67%) now disapprove of Trump's handling of the response to the coronavirus ... wear a mask ... "You're in a hospital setting, I think it's a very appropriate thing," the President told Fox News' Sean Hannity on Thursday ... ....
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'You cannot fight the pandemic with lies' -- Angela Merkel knows how to insert a dagger
CNN 11 Jul 2020
(CNN)Angela Merkel may not scream down the phone at President Donald Trump -- but she knows how to insert a dagger. Trump, as well as Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro and Russia's Vladimir Putin, must have felt his ears burning when the German Chancellor demolished their approaches to the coronavirus in a speech Thursday ... Trump is ... none of those things ... ....
