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Scientists Say Repeated Signals Coming To Earth From Another Galaxy
WorldNews.com 22 Aug 2019
But they have only confirmed two that repeat.Repeating FRBs are so valuable because they offer researchers the opportunity to predict where they might come from, and study them in more detail. As such, discovering eight more repeating bursts could provide huge value to the researchers who are attempting to find where the bursts are coming from....
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Parkland High School Students Unveil 'Peace Plan' To End Gun Violence
WorldNews.com 22 Aug 2019
The students call their steps C.H.A.N.G.E., with each letter spelling out a goal.Those are. changing the standards of gun ownership, halving the rate of gun deaths in 10 years, holding the gun lobby and industry accountable, naming a director of gun violence prevention, and generating “community-based solutions” for gun violence....
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Bear Kills French Musician On Expedition To Record Sounds Of Nature In Canadian Wilderness
WorldNews.com 22 Aug 2019
15, and Gauthier’s body was found a day later, according to Le Parisien, which spoke to Toscani.In a Facebook post, the orchestra described the Frenchman as a “sensitive, generous and talented man.""His work was faithful to his curious spirit, humble in front of the vast power and beauty of nature ... ....
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German City Offers $1.1 Million Reward For Proof It Doesn't Exist
WorldNews.com 22 Aug 2019
The most popular holds that a shadowy organization known as SIE ("they" in German) maintained the illusion of a city for nefarious purposes. Others say it’s a hoax perpetrated by Israel's Mossad, the CIA and aliens operating out of Bielefeld University.Jokesters ask "initiates" three questions to establish Bielefeld's nature ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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Russian humanoid robot blasts off to Space Station
Russia Today 22 Aug 2019
Russia’s Soyuz-2.1 rocket has blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome as part of a test flight to check compatibility of the upgraded booster and spacecraft – which this time carries only a humanoid robot to the ISS. “The flight will be carried out in unmanned mode ... #AskNASA . https.//t.co/cBNqC61h27 pic.twitter.com/BXKdzNBt4O— Intl....
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British Government Studying Cost Of Proposed High-Speed Rail Project
WorldNews.com 21 Aug 2019
It is the second high-speed rail project after High Speed 1, which links London’s St. Pancras International station and the Channel Tunnel. The line opened in 2003.The government's review of HS2 will consider whether and how the project should proceed ... ....
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World Health Organization Declares Africa On Brink Of Eliminating Polio
WorldNews.com 22 Aug 2019
The last case was recorded in Borno state in August 2016.Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO regional director for Africa, said ... The number made up more than half of all global cases.Those affected were particularly concentrated in the northeast of the country, where Boko Haram activity had made consistent access for health workers difficult ... Dr ... ....
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California Police Thwart Possible Mass Shooting With Arrest Of Disgruntled Hotel Cook
WorldNews.com 21 Aug 2019
Police in California thwarted a possible mass shooting this week when they arrested a disgruntled hotel cook who they say threatened to carry out violence at his workplace, the Los Angeles Times reports.Rodolfo Montoya, 37, who worked at the Marriott in Long Beach, near Los Angeles, was taken into custody Tuesday at his home in Huntington Beach....
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Donald Trump throws toys out of pram because Denmark won’t sell Greenland to him
Metro UK 21 Aug 2019
Donald Trump has said he won’t be visiting Greenland after being told the country was not for sale (Picture. Reuters). US president Donald Trump said he is postponing an upcoming meeting with Denmark’s prime minister because she is not interested in discussing a proposed sale of Greenland ... Advertisement. Advertisement ... AFP) ... ‘It’s not No ... Reuters). ....
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Trump Walks Back On Payroll Tax Cuts
WorldNews.com 21 Aug 2019
President Donald Trump said he was no longer exploring a cut to payroll taxes, less than 24 hours after initially discussing the option on Tuesday, according to Vox News. Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday there was no need to cut payroll taxes. “I’m not looking at a tax cut now,” he said. “We don’t need it ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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India’s ex-finance minister arrested in dramatic raid
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Amazon, Microsoft, ‘putting world at risk of killer AI’: study
Arab News 22 Aug 2019
WASHINGTON. Amazon, Microsoft and Intel are among leading tech companies putting the world at risk through killer robot development, according to a report that surveyed major players from the sector about their stance on lethal autonomous weapons. Dutch NGO Pax ranked 50 companies by three criteria ... Autonomous weapons ... .......
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Liam Hemsworth Files for Divorce from Miley Cyrus After 7 Months of Marriage
Yahoo Daily News 21 Aug 2019
More. “Liam and Miley have agreed to separate at this time,” the statement read. “Ever-evolving, changing as partners and individuals, they have decided this is what’s best while they both focus on themselves and careers. They still remain dedicated parents to all of their animals they share while lovingly taking this time apart ... RELATED ... ....
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Iran displays domestically built mobile missile defence system
Yahoo Daily News 22 Aug 2019
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran displayed what it described as a domestically built long-range, mobile surface-to-air missile system on Thursday, Iranian state media reported. The announcement comes at a time of rising tension between Iran and United States ... ....
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More Than Two Dozen People Arrested Over Threats Of Mass Shootings Across US In August
WorldNews.com 21 Aug 2019
CNN accumulated a list of 27 arrests due to threats of committing mass shootings, just two weeks after 31 people were killed in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday ... NBC News said a 15-year-old boy was arrested last Friday in Volusia County, Florida after writing threats about shooting classmates in a video game chat room ... ... ... ... James P....
