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Investigators examine over $20 million in loans by former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, says NYTimes report
DNA India 20 Aug 2018
Federal prosecutors are focused on over $20 million in loans obtained by U.S. President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen from taxi businesses owned by him and his family, the New York Times reported on Sunday. The loans are part of an investigation into whether Cohen committed bank and tax fraud, and for possible campaign law violations linked to a $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels ... Also read ... ....
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#MeToo activist Asia Argento reportedly settled sexual assault suit
Canoe 20 Aug 2018
NEW YORK — Italian actress Asia Argento — one of the most prominent activists of the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment — recently settled a complaint filed against her by a young actor and musician who said she sexually assaulted him when he was 17, the New York Times reported ... The age of consent in California is 18 ... ....
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Venezuelans nervously await dramatic economic reforms
Yahoo Daily News 20 Aug 2018
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan shopkeepers and consumers nervously awaited the launch of dramatic reforms announced by President Nicolas Maduro to rescue a downward-spiraling economy, including a new currency and a more-than-3,000 percent hike in the minimum wage. The changes start to kick in Monday with the introduction of a currency that lops five zeros off the country's fast-depreciating bills ... a face-lift." ... ....
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Kindergarten dresses children as jihadists for parade in Indonesia
The Guardian 20 Aug 2018
A kindergarten in Indonesian has been criticised for dressing girls up in black, Isis-style costumes and replica rifles for an independence day parade, with organisers forced to apologise for the embarrassing gaffe. Photos of the “cultural” parade held in the city of Probolinggo, East Java, on Saturday showed lines of young girls marching on the street wearing niqab-style black veils, carrying cardboard cutouts of guns ... Read more ... .......
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US supplied bomb that killed 40 children on Yemen school bus
The Guardian 19 Aug 2018
The bomb dropped on a school bus in Yemen by a Saudi-led coalition warplane was sold to Riyadh by the US, according to reports based on analysis of the debris. 'The sound of children screaming keeps replaying'. a Red Cross nurse in Yemen. Read more. The 9 August attack killed 40 boys aged from six to 11 who were being taken on a school trip. Eleven adults also died and Houthi authorities said 79 people were wounded, 56 of them children....
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Korean families separated by war to reunite briefly after 65 years
Reuters 20 Aug 2018
Some 180 families torn apart by the 1950-53 Korean War will be temporarily reunited in North Korea starting Monday after the two Koreas renewed exchanges this year following a standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs ... ....
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Trump compares Mueller probe to McCarthyism
WCPO 19 Aug 2018
President Donald Trump on Sunday compared the special counsel investigation to McCarthyism, saying Robert Mueller made the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy "look like a baby." "Study the late Joseph McCarthy, because we are now in period with Mueller and his gang that make Joseph McCarthy look like a baby! Rigged Witch Hunt!," Trump tweeted ... In 1954, he began investigating the US Army ... "So, Joe McCarthy was a demagogue ... ....
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Movie this week: Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi
Bollywood Life 20 Aug 2018
By Moumita Bhattacharjee . Updated. August 20, 2018 8.32 am. comments. Sonakshi Sinha and Karan Johar are all smiles as they promote Welcome To New York on India's Next Superstars. Sonakshi Sinha, Karan Johar, Sophie Choudry arrive at Manish Malhotra's residence for his birthday celebration. Sonakshi Sinha, Manish Malhotra and Neha Dhupia start shooting for Vogue's BFFs ... They obviously got the I-Day advantage ... Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi ... Topics....
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Gunshots fired at US embassy in Turkey
The National 20 Aug 2018
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Pompeo's 4th North Korea visit soon
Yahoo Daily News 20 Aug 2018
Washington, Aug 20 (IANS) US National Security Advisor John Bolton announced that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will leave for North Korea soon, his fourth visit to Pyongyang since he assumed office. In an interview with ABC News, Bolton said ... --IANS. ksk. ....
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YouTube videos on plastic surgery spreading misinformation, claims study
DNA India 20 Aug 2018
The researchers also evaluated the people who posted the videos, including whether they were health care professionals, patients or third parties. Physicians were rated by their board status on the American Board of Medical Specialties database. The results revealed that the majority of videos did not include professionals qualified in the procedures portrayed, including 94 videos with no medical professional at all ... ....
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![Agkistrodon piscivorus is a venomous snake, a species of pit viper, found in the eastern United States. Adults are large and capable of delivering a painful and potentially fatal bite.[citation needed] This is the world's only semi-aquatic viper, usually found in or near water, particularly in slow-moving and shallow lakes and streams. The snake is a strong swimmer and will even enter the sea, successfully colonizing islands off both the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. The common names for the species include variants on water, swamp or black 'moccasin', 'viper', 'cottonmouth', and 'rattler'.[2] Many of the common names refer to the threat display, where this species will often stand its ground and gape at an intruder, exposing the white lining of its mouth. The diet consists mainly of fish and frogs, but is otherwise highly varied and, uniquely, has even been reported to include carrion. The specific name is derived from the Latin words piscis and voro, which mean "fish" and "to eat".[3] Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.[4]](http://cdn7.wn.com/ph/img/79/9f/04a8b026c803c72c76d158573e01-medium.jpg "Agkistrodon piscivorus is a venomous snake, a species of pit viper, found in the eastern United States. Adults are large and capable of delivering a painful and potentially fatal bite.[citation needed] This is the world's only semi-aquatic viper, usually found in or near water, particularly in slow-moving and shallow lakes and streams. The snake is a strong swimmer and will even enter the sea, successfully colonizing islands off both the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. The common names for the species include variants on water, swamp or black 'moccasin', 'viper', 'cottonmouth', and 'rattler'.[2] Many of the common names refer to the threat display, where this species will often stand its ground and gape at an intruder, exposing the white lining of its mouth. The diet consists mainly of fish and frogs, but is otherwise highly varied and, uniquely, has even been reported to include carrion. The specific name is derived from the Latin words piscis and voro, which mean \"fish\" and \"to eat\".[3] Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.[4]")
How did a four-year-old boy survive a brown snake bite?
Australian Broadcasting Corporation 20 Aug 2018
A four-year-old boy is lucky to survive a brown snake bite on his family's property on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, with medical staff saying not enough venom was injected to cause harm ... ....
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China nabs 26 suspected tomb robbers, recovers valuable relics
Yahoo Daily News 19 Aug 2018
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has arrested 26 suspects and retrieved almost 650 cultural relics stolen from an ancient burial site in northwestern Qinghai province, the Ministry of Public Security said on Sunday ... Of the 646 items recovered, 16 were classed as first-class cultural relics, according to a ministry statement ... ....
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Bitter pills: Erdogan’s possible remedies for Turkey crisis
The Siasat Daily 20 Aug 2018
Istanbul. The crash in the Turkish lira sparked by US sanctions has left President Recep Tayyip Erdogan facing the biggest economic challenge of his one-and-a-half decades in power. The lira has recently clawed back some of its losses, but economists say Turkey still urgently needs to address imbalances in its economy and avert a full-blown crisis ... Erdogan has a number of mechanisms at his disposal ... – Interest rate hike – ... ....
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China's economic growth stable, target achievable
China Daily 20 Aug 2018
BEIJING - The Chinese economy has maintained steady growth with good momentum despite a complicated domestic and external environment, a senior government official said. Ning Jizhe, deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission and also head of the National Bureau of Statistics, made the remarks when responding to questions about China's economy ... In the first half of the year, the economy grew 6.8 percent year-on-year ... ....
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