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Thursday, June 22, 2017
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Norway has issued a threat to Brazil that if rising deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is not reversed, its billion-dollar financial assistance to Brazil’s Amazon fund will fall to zero. (theguardian.com)
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El Al can no longer ask women to change seats to accommodate ultra-Orthodox men, Israeli court rules (haaretz.com)
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Finnish citizens given universal basic income report lower stress levels and greater incentive to work (independent.co.uk)
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S. Korea does not need U.S. permission to engage with N. Korea: Cheong Wa Dae (english.yonhapnews.co.kr)
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Conservative party call centre 'may have broken election law' | An undercover investigation by the programme has found that the party used a market research firm to make thousands of cold calls to voters in marginal seats in the weeks before the election. (theguardian.com)
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UK homelessness surges 34% under Tory Government, with 100,000 more families losing their home compared with 2010 - 120,000 children are living in temporary homes as councils illegally place families in unfit accommodation (independent.co.uk)
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Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies demand (among other things) that Qatar shut down Al Jazeera news network in order to end blockade. (apnews.com)
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US issues arrest warrants for former VW executives: US authorities have issued international arrest warrants for five former VW managers and developers for their role in the Dieselgate scandal. Germany has reportedly refused to hand them over to the US (dw.com)
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Chile's police thwarted Nazi plot to destroy Panama Canal in second world war, declassified files show (telegraph.co.uk)
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A sniper with Canada’s elite special forces in Iraq has shattered the world record for the longest confirmed kill shot in military history at a staggering distance of 3,450 metres. (theglobeandmail.com)
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Theresa May tells EU leaders any EU citizen living in UK for five years will be given "settled EU status" (bbc.co.uk)
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Macron: Removing Assad no longer priority in Syria, international community made a collective error in thinking the conflict could be solved only with military force (guardian.ng)
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