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Wednesday, June 14, 2017
VietPress USA (June 14th, 2017):
Trump sells Qatar $12 Billion of U.S. Weapons days after accusing it of funding Terrorism (cbsnews.com)
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Ireland formally elects 38-year-old Leo Varadkar as new PM, the country's youngest, and first gay, leader(bbc.com)
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Theresa May's chief of staff 'sat on' report warning high-rise blocks like Grenfell Tower were vulnerable to fire - Mirror Online (mirror.co.uk)
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Senate approves sanctions against Russia for meddling in presidential election, other abuses (usatoday.com)
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US President Donald Trump is "standing on the wrong side of history" after pulling out from the Paris climate accord, former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday. (france24.com)
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John McDonnell, shadow chancellor, calls for one million people to take to the streets to force Theresa May from power - It comes as left-wing groups plan a mass protest on July 1 aiming to pile the pressure on “Theresa and the terrorists”, the PM's coalition with Northern Ireland’s hardline DUP (mirror.co.uk)
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The Amazon basin could suffer significant and irreversible damage if an extensive dam building programme goes ahead, scientists say. Currently, 428 hydroelectric dams are planned, with 140 already built or under construction (bbc.com)
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Chinese scientists to grow potatoes on the moon, sealed inside a mini ecosystem as part the Chang'e-4 mission due to launch next year (bbc.com)
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Senate overwhelmingly approves new package of sanctions to punish Russia for meddling in 2016 election(abcnews.go.com)
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Behind Soft PaywallThe NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea (washingtonpost.com)
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Cuba kicks off electoral process leading to handover of power from Raul Castro to the next president.(reuters.com)
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A Mexican politician was caught plagiarizing a Frank Underwood monologue from “House of Cards” (qz.com)
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New Zealand PM: We didn't apologize to Israel, we stand by UN anti-settlement resolution (haaretz.com)
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Twelve now confirmed to have died in west London tower block fire and the number of deaths expected to rise (bbc.co.uk)
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