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World News on Sept. 8th, 2016
Thursday, September 08, 2016
VietPress USA (Sept. 8th, 2016):
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North Korea bans sarcasm because Kim Jong-un fears people only agree with him ‘ironically’ (independent.co.uk)
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A court in the Indian city of Mumbai has given the death penalty to a man for throwing acid at a woman at a busy railway station three years ago in what is being hailed as a landmark ruling. (bbc.com)
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Rodrigo Duterte's Obama insult costs Philippines stock market hundreds of millions: Funds to pull hundreds of millions from country amid Filipino leader's increasingly volatile behaviour, after he called Barack Obama a 'son of a whore' and threatened to pull out of UN (independent.co.uk)
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Tourists Are Flocking to the Great Barrier Reef Because It’s Dying - Australia tried to hide information about the fragile Great Barrier Reef, but millions of tourists still got the memo.(motherboard.vice.com)
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David Attenborough calls for end to ‘cruel’ brain tests on primates by neuroscientists (independent.co.uk)
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Russia is going to run out of emergency cash by 2018: According to analysts cited by The Times, Russia is burning through its FX reserves at an alarming rate (businessinsider.com)
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Facebook censorship is under fire in Norway after a well-known author and a news editor were banned from the social media behemoth for posting the icon Vietnam War photo of Kim Phuc, best known as the ‘Napalm Girl’. (thelocal.no)
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An estimated 541,000 people aged between 15 and 39 in Japan avoid social contact and shut themselves in their homes. The figure compares with the previous Cabinet Office survey in 2010 that found an estimated 696,000 such people — known as hikikomori — across the country. (japantimes.co.jp)
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Mexico senator proposes taking back land from the US if Donald Trump becomes president (independent.co.uk)
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Costa Rica has been running on 100% renewable energy for 2 months straight: 76 days and zero fossil fuels. (sciencealert.com)
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Germany: Yes, We Will Return Refugees to Greece Says Ministry Spokesperson (greece.greekreporter.com)
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Theresa May claims selling arms to Saudi Arabia helps 'keep people on the streets of Britain safe' (independent.co.uk)
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Ascent of Man image should be ‘the other way around’, leading expert in human evolution says (independent.co.uk)
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Israel has begun building an underground wall around Gaza to stop Hamas attack tunnels, according to Israeli government officials. (dailystar.com.lb)
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Japan’s nuclear watchdog has decided to make operators of nuclear power plants and other nuclear facilities check the background of their workers to prevent terror attacks. (japantoday.com)
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