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Has Trump’s Gaslighting Damaged Mueller Probe? What About Executive Privilege?
WorldNews.com 22 Mar 2019photo: AP / Steve Helber
Charlottesville Schools Remain Closed For Second Day Over Threats Of Racist Violence
WorldNews.com 22 Mar 2019
Officials said schools in Charlottesville, Virginia, would remain closed for a second consecutive day on Friday as police continued to investigate threats of racist violence against Black and minority students that were first posted online, according to NBC News ... “The entire staff and School Board stand in solidarity with our students of color.”....
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UPDATE: Chinese Chemical Plant Explosion Death Toll Rises To 47
WorldNews.com 22 Mar 2019
A massive explosion killed at least 47 people and injured more than 600 in an industrial zone in Yancheng, in the Jiangsu Province of China on Thursday, according to CBS News ... The Yancheng government said 4,000 employees and nearby residents were evacuated from the scene, while 90 people remain in critical condition from the explosion....
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Italian ‘bunga bunga’ witness not killed with radioactive poison
The Irish Times 22 Mar 2019
Results from the first tests on the body of Imane Fadil, a Moroccan model who was a regular guest at Silvio Berlusconi’s “bunga bunga” parties, have excluded radioactive poisoning as a cause of death, doctors announced on Friday ... Fadil died on March 1st, a month after being admitted to a hospital in Milan with severe stomach pains ... Nuns’ costumes ... ....
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Trump Tweets He Is Withdrawing Most Recently Announced Sanctions Against North Korea
WorldNews.com 22 Mar 2019
United States President Donald Trump said he was withdrawing the recently announced North Korea-related sanctions on Friday, less than 24 hours after the Treasury Department announced them, according to NBC News. “It was announced today by the U.S ... “I have today ordered the withdrawal of those additional Sanctions!” ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
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More Than 500 Cities, Counties, Tribes Sue Sackler Family Over Opioid Epidemic
WorldNews.com 22 Mar 2019
A lawsuit was filed on Friday against the Sackler family, who own the company which makes the opioid painkiller OxyContin, on behalf of more than 500 cities, counties, and Native American tribes who have been hit by the "worst drug crisis in American history," according to The Guardian ... The Sackler family and their company deny any wrongdoing ... ....
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Italy pulls out red carpet for Xi Jinping in trade charm offensive
The Guardian 22 Mar 2019
Rome gave a lavish welcome to the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, his wife and entourage on Friday as Italy and China controversially pledged to strengthen trade and investment ties. Xi is in the Italian capital on a two-day state visit, along with about 200 officials ... .......
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How the media let malicious idiots take over
The Guardian 22 Mar 2019
If our politics is becoming less rational, crueller and more divisive, this rule of public life is partly to blame. the more disgracefully you behave, the bigger the platform the media will give you. If you are caught lying, cheating, boasting or behaving like an idiot, you’ll be flooded with invitations to appear on current affairs programmes....
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New Zealand PM receives death threats on social media
Xinhua 22 Mar 2019
WELLINGTON, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The New Zealand Police are investigating death threats sent to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on social media, local media reported on Friday ... ....
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Trump to nominate Stephen Moore for Federal Reserve board
The Rock Hill Herald 22 Mar 2019
President Donald Trump said Friday that he will nominate Stephen Moore, a conservative economic analyst, to fill a vacancy on the Federal Reserve's seven-member board. Moore served as an economic adviser to Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign, helping to draft Trump's tax cut plan ... SIGN UP. Sign Up and Save ... SUBSCRIBE WITH GOOGLE. #ReadLocal....
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Hungary Detains ISIS Member Accused Of Beheadings In Syria
WorldNews.com 22 Mar 2019
Hungarian authorities detained a Syrian man on Friday accused of taking part in beheadings in Syria as a member of Islamic State, Budapest prosecutors and the European judicial co-operation agency Eurojust said, Reuters reports.The 27-year-old man, identified by Hungarian authorities as F ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
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Pompeo Says U.S. Pressure On Hezbollah, Iran Is Working
WorldNews.com 22 Mar 2019photo: WN / Geeta
Brazil Company Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
WorldNews.com 22 Mar 2019
A Brazilian company has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking by a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panelist despite the domain name owner not responding to the UDRP, Domain Name Wire reported ... The company filed the case against the matching .com domain name, passagenspromo.com....
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After Trump barbs, GM announces $1.8 bn investment, new jobs
This is Money 22 Mar 2019
General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra (C) stands on stage with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (R) and Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) after she announced a $300 million investment in the GM Orion Assembly Plant plant ... Those vehicles had been slated for production outside of the United States ... The treaty has yet to be ratified, however ... ....
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