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UK becomes only G7 country to increase fossil fuel subsidies - Tory government is giving billions in ever increasing handouts to oil and gas majors at the same time as cutting support for clean energy, report reveals (theguardian.com)
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Vladimir Putin has ordered an investigation into claims the country's athletes have been part of a systematic doping program. "The battle must be open," he said. "A sporting contest is only interesting when it is honest." (bbc.com)
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37 dead, 180 injuredAt least four people were killed and 40 wounded in two suicide explosions in a busy area in Beirut's southern suburb, a stronghold of Lebanese Hezbollah, on Thursday, a medical official said. (reuters.com)
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Underwater Vertical Seaweed Farm Restores Our Oceans While Providing Food and Fuel Source (theguardian.com)
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Pacific trade deal could limit affordable drugs - World Health Chief."If these agreements open trade yet close the door to affordable medicines we have to ask the question:is this really progress at all," (trust.org)
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Seven Italian firms probed in olive oil scam - including Bertolli, Sasso and Carapelli, are being investigated over allegations that the firms falsely sold olive oil products as “extra virgin”(thelocal.it)
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What the Internet hates about the TPP trade deal: After years of warning that the secretive TPP would be devastating for Internet freedom, intellectual property experts have finally gotten to look at the final draft of the proposed treaty. And they say it’s as bad as they feared (dailydot.com)
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Norway says Russian spies are ensnaring its politicians in sex traps - Norwegian authorities say that Russians are blackmailing govt workers, MPs into revealing state secrets by tricking them with duplicitous gifts like vodka and attractive women, a well-known strategy from the Cold War era. (qz.com)
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At least 40 dead and over 180 injured in twin suicide bombing in south beirut, Lebanon. (reuters.com)
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New Research Shows Electric Cars 50 Percent Cleaner Compared to Gasoline Over Their Lifetime (ucsusa.org)
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Crickhowell: Welsh town moves 'offshore' to avoid tax on local businesses, using the loopholes used by multinational giants to avoid paying UK tax (independent.co.uk)
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Leaked emails: UAE violated Libya arms embargo, offered job to chief UN negotiator during peace talks (mobile.nytimes.com)
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A small eel photographed by accident on a Caribbean coral reef is the first green fluorescent fish ever recorded, a new study says (news.nationalgeographic.com)
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The European Food Safety Authority and EU Member States have finalised the re-assessment of glyphosate, a chemical that is used widely in pesticides. They conclude glyphosate is unlikely to pose a carcinogenic hazard to humans. (efsa.europa.eu)
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Female Genital Mutilation: mother and retired nurse guilty of mutilating two sisters in Australia's first prosecution (theguardian.com)
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