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US declares 'most' of China's maritime claims in South China Sea illegal
CNN 14 Jul 2020
(CNN)US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday announced a formal rejection of "most" of China's maritime claims in the South China Sea, the latest in the escalation between Washington and Beijing. Describing the move as "strengthening U.S ... "The world will not allow Beijing to treat the South China Sea as its maritime empire ... Everyone wears a mask ... ....
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Killer says: ‘I didn’t do it, you’re killing an innocent man’ as he’s executed
Metro UK 14 Jul 2020
A convicted killer insisted he was innocent as he was put to death for murdering a family of three. ‘I didn’t do it. I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my life, but I’m not a murderer ... Evans said Lee – whose death was the first federal execution in 17 years – ‘didn’t appear to suffer but seemed to hang onto life for a few minutes. Longer than I expected ... ....
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DOJ Conducts First Execution Since 2003 Just Hours After Supreme Court Ruling
truthout 14 Jul 2020
Early on Tuesday, the United States Department of Justice carried out the execution of a person on death row just hours after the United States Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling refusing to consider a delay. Daniel Lewis Lee is the first person executed by the federal government since 2003 ... You’re killing an innocent man.” ... It is cruel....
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Naya Rivera's cause of death revealed
The News International 15 Jul 2020
The Ventura County Medical Examiner has confirmed the identity of the body and has determined her cause of death to be drowning and the manner of death is accident ... "No traumatic injuries or disease processes were identified at autopsy ... ....
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China to sign $400 bn deal with Iran; India’s interest at stake
The Siasat Daily 14 Jul 2020
New Delhi. Two weeks since India banned Chinese Apps, Beijing has composed a thunderstruck deal with India’s ally and America’s foe – Iran. The two countries will end up signing a $400 billion economic and security strategic partnership deal. The 18-page agreement of a multi – billion dollar deal will be inscribed for 25 years....
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US swaps Venezuelan fuel oil for Russian products
Russia Today 14 Jul 2020
The United States has been raising its imports of fuel oil from Russia over the past year and a half after the US imposed sanctions on Venezuela’s exports, Reuters reported on Monday, quoting data from Refinitiv Eikon ... Also on rt.com Russia supplies first shipment of Arctic oil to China ... Also on rt.com China set to fall short on US energy purchases ... ....
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Woman thought she had a cold but it was a worm living in her throat
Metro UK 14 Jul 2020
The culprit measured 38mm long and 1mm wide, was identified as a nematode roundworm (Picture. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene). A young woman went to the doctors complaining of a tingly sore throat only to find out the culprit wasn’t a cold, but a live worm which was burrowing into one of her tonsils ... Advertisement. Advertisement ... ....
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Trump Signs Bill, Order Rebuking China, and Slams Biden
Hamodia 15 Jul 2020
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed legislation and an executive order that he said will hold China accountable for its oppressive actions against the people of Hong Kong. He used his Rose Garden speech to go straight at Democratic rival Joe Biden, saying his entire career had been a “gift to the Chinese Communist Party.” ... ....
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Burger King addresses climate change by changing cows' diets
Times Union 14 Jul 2020
Burger King is staging an intervention with its cows. The chain has rebalanced the diet of some of the cows by adding lemon grass in a bid to limit bovines contributions to climate change. By tweaking their diet, Burger King said Tuesday that it believes it can reduce a cows' daily methane emissions by about 33% ... ....
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Iran executes defense ministry staffer as alleged CIA spy
Wtop 14 Jul 2020
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has executed a former employee of the defense ministry who was convicted of spying on behalf of the Central Intelligence Agency, the country’s judiciary said Tuesday. It was the second such execution in the past month ... and Israel ... Source ....
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Attacking Hong Kong dollar peg would hurt those the US hopes to help
South China Morning Post 14 Jul 2020
The United States is unhappy with China’s new national security law for Hong Kong and is seeking ways to express its disquiet. Some advisers to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have reportedly suggested taking measures that would undermine the Hong Kong dollar’s Linked Exchange Rate System (LERS), its peg to the US dollar ... ....
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Biden proposes $2 trillion for clean energy projects, calls for end to power plant emissions by 2035
CNN 14 Jul 2020
(CNN)Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden on Tuesday proposed spending $2 trillion over four years on clean energy projects and ending carbon emissions from power plants by 2035. The former vice president's proposal is part of a series of economic plans aimed at jump-starting an economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic ... Read More ... ....
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Pic of Johnny Depp Covered in Ice Cream Emerges Online Amid Libel Trial Against the Sun
Sputnik 14 Jul 2020
Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp is currently suing British newspaper The Sun over a 2018 article referring to him as a “wife-beater” following the claims of his ex-wife Amber Heard. For the second week in a row, the UK’s High Court has been hearing a slew of provocative details about the couple’s one-year marriage ... ....
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Sudan declares emergency in North Darfur state after violence erupts
The Independent 14 Jul 2020photo: Creative Commons / Dickelbers
